T. Bates > T. 's Quotes

“It is a cruel fact, child. Wisdom comes after the moment when it is most needed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Blight of Muirwood

“I realize that this is what being a parent means—facing the most horrible thing that could ever happen to you and yet thinking only of how it will hurt your child.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

“Hannus' face was clear of concern, unriven by the cruel lines wrought by grief and loss. A young face. A blank sheet on which time would write its woes.”
― Phil Tucker, The Black Shriving

“No," said Asho, his voice hollow. "I remember now. Something the demon said. This time 'round, he's not returning to the Black Gate when he's done cleansing the Hold. He's going to keep on. He said he would sweep out across the land and drown everything in flame and shadow." "Well, fuck," said Brocuff. He stood again, and this time he did stalk off. Ser”
― Phil Tucker, The Black Shriving

“The wheel of fortune lifts us up and brings us down. You must free your happiness from its vagaries. Expect nothing, and everything is a gift.”
― Phil Tucker, The Path of Flames

“Only when you’re calm and clear and collected, with all those emotions passing through you like the wind through these branches, only then will you be on your way to being a real fighter. Master yourself, girl. Stop thinking so much. Calm down. Be in your skin, and open your mind to the world around you.”
― Phil Tucker, The Path of Flames

“We women have within us a depth, a capacity for striving, that men for all their swords and wars don't comprehend. We can endure where they are brittle, we can persevere where they snap. It is our unique form of grace. And we will endure. We will persevere.”
― Phil Tucker, The Path of Flames

“we may hope for love,” the Ascendant said tremulously. “Yet, too often we pass it by, distracted as we are by the vagaries of life.”
― Phil Tucker, The White Song

“No? Fair enough. I’ve gone through long periods of time where I haven’t, either. But in the end I find myself returning to it, time and again. It gives me comfort. It helps me find peace in this awful world of ours.” Asho”
― Phil Tucker, The Siege of Abythos

“In failure, may we find dignity. In loss, may we find wisdom. In pain, may we find growth. May our souls rise. Ever rise. May our weakness”
― Phil Tucker, The White Song

“My Lady," said Asho, stepping forward to kneel once more. "I ask that you let me serve you as your knight. I know your Lord regretted bringing my sister and me out of Bythos, and had no intention of letting me ever have the honor. But I'm a knight now, regardless, and I swear to dedicate my every breath and thought to guarding your family and your honor. I may be a Bythian, but I swear that I shall do my utmost to protect you. If you will have me, I will be your knight.”
― Phil Tucker, The Path of Flames

“We cannot fight injustice by hiding. You cannot fight injustice by waiting. You cannot hope for others to fight injustice for you. The time to fight injustice is always today, the way to fight injustice is always by taking the higher ground, and the person to fight injustice is always you.”
― Phil Tucker, One By One

“YOU CLAWED YOUR WAY BACK FROM THE ABYSS. YOU SOUGHT TO REFORGE YOUR SPIRIT ON THE ANVIL OF YOUR WILL.”
― Phil Tucker, The Iron Circlet

“Cast your magics at me, human, and I will punch your face into the back of your skull.”
― Phil Tucker, The White Song

“Athos”
― Phil Tucker, The Siege of Abythos

“There is no right or wrong. There is only the kind of man you wish to be.”
― Phil Tucker, The Siege of Abythos

“there are no right or wrong decisions. No better or worse choices." Orishin watched Tiron's face carefully. "There are only opportunities for you to define what manner of man you are in this world. Are you a man who steals when he's hungry, or continues to search for work? Are you a man who sleeps with that plump, tantalizing neighbor, or who remains faithful to your wife of fifteen years?”
― Phil Tucker, The Siege of Abythos