Paladin > Paladin's Quotes

“Life is like a bully that gets laughs by seeing how much humiliation you’ll put up with. It threatens to kill you if you don’t eat mud. It takes everything you care about—not because it wants what you have, or needs it. It does it just to see if you’ll take it.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“I always find it funny how guns and weapons aren't the most dangerous thing in a friend group. Because, rather than those things, there is love. Love can make any person turn on each other. In fact, a good majority of wars happened over love. Love can rip a friend group apart, can even kill a person. Perhaps humanity's greatest threat is not itself, but rather love.”
― Frost

“See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Revenge is a bittersweet fruit that leaves the foul aftertaste of regret.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“More valuable than gold, more precious than life, is mercy bestowed upon he who hast not known its soft kiss”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“What's the advantage of fear or the benefit of regret or the bonus of granting misery a foothold even if death is embracing you? My old abbot used to say, "Life is only precious if you wish it to be." I look at it like the last bite of a wonderful meal. Do you enjoy it, or does the knowledge that there is no more to follow make it so bitter that you would ruin the experience? - Myron on facing death”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Most people never come near their true love, or if they do, it’s one sided. That is perhaps more tragic than never finding love at all. To know joy lies forever just beyond your reach—in a way, it’s a kind of torture.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Desire can be painful, but so can regret.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“It’s hard to explain the feeling of it—the power—it’s as if I can do anything. Can you imagine knowing you can do anything? It’s exciting, alluring—it draws you in and you want it like a hunger. You feel yourself becoming part of something bigger, joining with it, working with it. You sense every drop of water, every blade of grass, and you become them—everything—the air and the stars. You want to see how far you can go, where the edges are, only some part of you knows—there are no edges”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Instead of passion, you have regret. In place of effort, you are mired in memory. You sink in nothingness and your heart drowns in despair. At times—usually at night—it’s a physical pain, both sharp and dull. The anguish is unbearable.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“You’ll learn that there are many weapons at court. Survival in the maelstrom of the body politic requires being able to size up another by what little they reveal to you.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“You can either head into darkness and despair or into virtue and light. It's up to you”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“My lady, be assured that should I live so long as to see the day that the sun does not rise, the rivers do not flow, and the winds do not blow, I would never think ill of you.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“I long for a day when I awake and live from dawn to sleep without one moment of fear.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“If you cannot bite, you should not show your teeth”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“I know in my heart I am free.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“I care nothing for the whims and wars of gods,” she growled. “And you are an idiot if you believe they care anything for you.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“I know that words change nothing”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“People fight to survive, or fight for blood feud, or fight for power. There is nothing else, no matter what pretty words come out of their mouths.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“she could taste the hate and rage pulsing from him. She gave him only her silence. He wasn’t worth anything else.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“The sheep follows the farmer blindly and with trust. That does not mean it won’t get eaten. Do not trust the promises of gods. They broke the world, remember. They did not care for the lives of anyone then, Tainted or not, they used them for their own ends and will do the same again now.”
― John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods

“Memory is a double-edged sword, Uthas. It can keep you strong through dark times, but it can also cripple you, keep you locked in a moment that no longer exists.”
― John Gwynne, Valor

“To my thinking, though, it's what happens before death that's important. All of us die. How many really live?”
― John Gwynne, Wrath

“Both the brave man and the coward feel the same. The only difference between them is that the brave man faces his fear, does not run.”
― John Gwynne, Malice

“Courage is being scared of a task and doing it anyway.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods

“Family. Friendship. Loyalty. These things have been my guiding stars, my light in these dark times.”
― John Gwynne, Ruin

“You can tell much about a man by the company he keeps, by his friends, and his enemies,”
― John Gwynne, Malice

“Two for vengeance. One for love.”
― John Gwynne, Ruin

“Fight me if you wish, but know this, I am old for a reason”
― John Gwynne, A Time of Dread