D.K. Holmberg > Quotes

“When you stop thinking others have power you do not, you will be formidable,”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Cloud Warrior Saga: Books 1-3

“There were other ways to learn, she decided. Things which could not be found in books,”
― D.K. Holmberg, Keeper of the Forest

“Knowledge has never equaled wisdom, Maelen. Gaining knowledge is easy. Wisdom takes time and experience. Unlike those who came before, you are well on the way to understanding.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Forged in Fire

“Unlike those who have been simply handed their place, you have to find your own way, make your place.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Dark Ability

“isn’t the choice of a child much easier to gauge than the choice of a toddler?”
― D.K. Holmberg, Changed by Fire

“he needed to find some way of getting past what they were doing to him, and yet he had no idea how to look beyond what was taking place. It was tied to the dragon. More than anything else, he knew it was, and it was tied to holding on to that power, to the strange leaf that the dragon had given him. More than ever, he felt certain he had to master the power within that leaf, but what would it take? He sat back, leaning against the wall. As he did, he couldn’t help but wonder if the wall was even real. What had he done to remove the chains? It was a matter of focusing on the iron dragon, using that heat and trying to burn through the chains. But then, if it was an illusion, and if his mind believed it was real, then drawing upon that power might have freed him, but it wouldn’t have changed anything else. All of this was almost too hard for him to wrap his mind around. Jason took a seat. He rested with his hands on his legs, and he held the leaf in his hands. He swayed back and forth again, thinking about the dragon, about the way she’d shimmered”
― D.K. Holmberg, Forest Dragon

“Lacertin helps,” Tan said. Roine frowned. “Lacertin helps only himself.” “Right now, that means helping us.” Roine sighed. “Then I need to help Lacertin.” The disgusted tone of his voice told Tan everything about how he felt. “I’ll need my sword.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Bound by Fire

“Tan clenched his fists. There isn’t time— Asboel snorted. Time? I have spent a millennia trapped beneath the ice. There is always time.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Changed by Fire

“What are you saying?” Roine asked. Tan looked over at his mother, at Cianna, even over to Vel. Would they be ready for what he suspected would come? Now that the Utu Tonah knew of the draasin, only the kingdoms stood between him and the power he sought. Too many shapers had died battling Incendin for them to be ready. Tan sighed, feeling along his bonds. To Asboel, injured and curled up in his den. To Honl, swirling around him, hiding around Tan. To Amia, safely in Ethea. After all that he’d been through, all he wanted was peace. A chance for he and Amia to be together. Time for him to understand the bond he shared with Asboel and with Honl. Instead, they faced the possibility of a worse attack than Incendin. But it was the reason the Mother had given him his gifts. Tan was certain of that now. And how long had he wondered why he was able to not only shape all the elements, but speak to the elementals? And he began to understand what had driven Incendin to seek power, even what might have driven the ancient scholars to seek the power of the artifact. As much as he might want to avoid using it, would he have any choice were he to save those he cared about? “War is coming, Roine. And I don’t think the kingdoms are ready.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Fortress of Fire

“Tan spun, grabbing onto Amia and hugging her. Her”
― D.K. Holmberg, Chased by Fire

“There are always ways home,” Theole said, “only some are more difficult to find than others.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Dragon Bones

“Coldan looked over at him. He had wiped his blade on one of the fallen”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Raging Tide

“Lins never forgave Tan for the insult, ignoring the beating that had been the impetus for Tan’s grumbling. Now Lins and his ever-present friends Rapen and Niles used every opportunity to pick on or humiliate Tan. Usually Tan had the presence of mind to steer clear of the lord’s son, but occasionally he could not be avoided. He closed his eyes, wondering what humiliation Lins would think to bestow upon him tonight, and worse, in the presence of Amia.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Chased by Fire

“Amia, seemed impossible for him to even consider.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Light of Fire

“In my homeland, a single cat meant bad luck, but then I’d never been one to believe in such superstition. It was probably the reason I had such terrible luck.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Binder's Game

“Are you ready?” he asked Gaspar again. “You don’t need to ask a thief if he’s ready. I’m always ready.” “I never know. Given your age, I thought maybe you fell asleep.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Jade Egg

“Obvious wasn’t always easy. Easy wasn’t always obvious.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Scepter Heist

“Dragon”
― D.K. Holmberg, Ice Dragon

“They were split in half, and Jason turned away from the gore. Not just an iron dragon, but one with a tail like a sword.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Iron Dragon

“Really. I’m fine. Can we get back to—” She didn’t finish and slumped to the ground.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Bound by Fire

“Not just the Society. One of the most powerful sorcerers in the entirety of the Society. One of the Fates.”
― D.K. Holmberg, A Society in Decay

“Change is inevitable. With enough seasons, we all change, guided by what we have learned and seen, so that one day we might awaken and not recognize the person we once were.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Keeper of the Forest

“may every creature that seeks shelter under this tree feel their strength, their warmth, their essence.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Chords of Fate

“We didn’t meet in a crowd.” “We met outside of a crowd,” Gavin said. “Only because you were trying to catch me.” “Trying?” “Fine. You caught me. Is that what you want me to say? You want me to admit that were it not for you and your willingness to let me live, that I’m—” “I wasn’t trying to do anything like that. I was just thinking back to that time.” “I think back to it all the time.” Wrenlow’s voice went soft. “Had you not been willing to take me in, I don’t know what would’ve happened to me.” “I know what would’ve happened to you.” “You do?” “You probably would’ve ended up behind bars. The constables of whatever city you were in at the time would’ve taken you and imprisoned you. You know what happens to little pups like you in prison.” “I don’t.” “They end up eaten by the bigger dogs,” Gavin barked into the earpiece, and Wrenlow swore at him from the other end.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Risen Shard

“her”
― D.K. Holmberg, Unbonded

“The water began to part, peeling back, slowly receding to reveal a sandy path. You may cross.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Chased by Fire

“A powerful water shaping surged from the Doman man and poured into Wes’s mouth, flooding him. Wes’s eyes went wide as he struggled to breathe and failed. He flopped on the ground, confined by the shaping of earth. A buzzing drifted past him, swirling through the air, before disappearing. Tan looked away from Wes. “Why? There was nothing he could do to us!” The man stared proudly at Wes, eyes glaring at the once-bonded shaper. “Now there is nothing he could do.” He looked over at Tan.”
― D.K. Holmberg, Fortress of Fire

“We might not have the same view, but we don’t have as far to fall. Besides, we can see the ground better here.”
― D.K. Holmberg, The Dark Ability

“of the hidden texts the archivists stored. If he could find them, he might be able to learn how the ancient shapers used”
― D.K. Holmberg, Bound by Fire

“kind was transient, nothing more than a mote of”
― D.K. Holmberg, Bound by Fire