Jordan Baker > Quotes

“one of the conditions or problems of having knowledge, that a seemingly simple question only has a simple answer if one's knowledge is simple, but simplicity is not truth, for the greater one's knowledge, the more one must consider if a fair answer is to be given.”
― Jordan Baker, A Dragon Born

“In the search for truth, every answer is merely the start of another question.”
― Jordan Baker, A Broken Throne

“Time passes quickly when one is free, but every moment is agony in captivity.”
― Jordan Baker, A Broken Throne

“good, bad or otherwise, the things people do mean a whole lot more than the things they might say.”
― Jordan Baker, A Child of Fire

“Simple answers to greater questions also create shadows, making it easier to hide the truth of things. Sadly, there are many who desire simplicity in all things, and they are easy prey for the shadows, for they are easily fooled.”
― Jordan Baker, A Dragon Born

“What is time, anyway? A blink of an eye, the passing of a day, the change of a season, the spilling of seed, the crops that grow for rhymes or reasons, the times, the seasons, the years that fast fade away, how quickly they go.”
― Jordan Baker, A Broken Throne