“I see you hurt your face."
She shrugged. "I fell. I'm a clumsy fool."
"I know how you feel. I'm such a fool I knocked half my teeth out and hacked my leg to useless pulp. Look at me now, a cripple. It's amazing where a little foolishness can take you, if it goes unchecked. We clumsy types should stick together, don't you think?"
She looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, stroking the bruises on her jaw. "Yes," she said, "I suppose we should.”
― The Blade Itself
She shrugged. "I fell. I'm a clumsy fool."
"I know how you feel. I'm such a fool I knocked half my teeth out and hacked my leg to useless pulp. Look at me now, a cripple. It's amazing where a little foolishness can take you, if it goes unchecked. We clumsy types should stick together, don't you think?"
She looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, stroking the bruises on her jaw. "Yes," she said, "I suppose we should.”
― The Blade Itself
“the wonderful thing about knowledge is that you can give it away and still have it.”
― Heaven's River
― Heaven's River
“I think we accept all too readily what we're told by those we love.
It isn't that our friends and family lie, but that they don't know the truth.”
― Age of War
It isn't that our friends and family lie, but that they don't know the truth.”
― Age of War
“They say belief is righteous, but to Muslan only doubt was divine. From doubt flows curiosity, and knowledge, and progress. From belief flows only ignorance and decay.”
― The Trouble with Peace
― The Trouble with Peace
“Suri had a wolf named Minna. They were the best of friends and roamed the forest together. She had tattoos, was always filthy, afraid of nothing, and could do magic. From the first time I met her, I wanted to be Suri… I still do.
—THE BOOK OF BRIN”
― Age of Myth
—THE BOOK OF BRIN”
― Age of Myth
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