“At least here some people have gathered with whom I have something to talk about. People who don’t break off their conversations when I approach. People who, though they may not like me, say it to my face, and don’t throw stones from behind a fence. I’m riding with them for the same reason I rode with you to the log drivers’ inn. Because it’s all the same to me. I don’t have a goal to head towards. I don’t have a destination at the end of the road.”
― Sword of Destiny
― Sword of Destiny
“We must feel the bad as deeply as the sea, for then we are able to feel the joy as high as the moon.”
― Sorrow and Starlight
― Sorrow and Starlight
“Unbridled altruism is a huge vice of mine,’ he explained. ‘I simply have to do good. I am a sensible dwarf, however, and know that I’m unable to do everyone good. Were I to attempt to be good to everyone, to the entire world and to all the creatures living in it, it would be a drop of fresh water in the salt sea. In other words, a wasted effort. Thus, I decided to do specific good; good which would not go to waste. I’m good to myself and my immediate circle.”
― Baptism of Fire
― Baptism of Fire
“It’s respectable to lose to the universe. It’s a tragedy to lose to yourself.”
― Will
― Will
“Guard against disappointments, because appearances can deceive. Things that are really as they seem are rare. And a woman is never as she seems.”
― Season of Storms
― Season of Storms
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