“The elder nodded. Mari thought she saw the ghost of a smile on her lips. “The Mage Guild has always taught that wisdom required seeing all others as only shadows. That wisdom has never managed to advance, staying fixed in place. You have declared a wisdom which says the opposite. Wisdom lies in seeing others as real. That is the test, is it not, young Mage? Not to disregard others. Rather for each to be able to step outside of ourselves, to lose our selfish focus on ourselves, enough to see others as being as real as we are, as even more important than ourselves.”
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
“All I ever wanted to be was a Mechanic,” Mari said. Camber nodded, stepping back. “Yet you were willing to be the daughter when called upon. The world suffers from those whose ambition drives them to be more and more. But it needs those willing to be more than they wish when they are needed.”
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
“I learned how big a difference one person can make, both in the lives of those closest to them, and to many others.”
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
“It’s not who you’re fighting against that matters. It’s what you’re fighting for.”
― Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
― Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
“Thank you.” “For?” “You never gave up. Not on me, and not on the world. The day we met I told you that happiness was an illusion, as I had been taught by the Mage Guild elders. You have shown me that happiness does exist.”
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
― The Wrath of the Great Guilds
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