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21 " The last young lady I met stabbed me. You know I’m cursed when it comes to women. "
― Trudi Canavan , The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1)
22 " Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I would like to be aware it was happening, even if that did mean enduring pain and fear. "
― Trudi Canavan , Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five, #2)
23 " The most powerful women in Sachaka and all you do is waste time gossiping and matchmaking "
― Trudi Canavan , The Traitor Queen (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #3)
24 " Friendship? What friendship? I lust after him and he rightly ignores it! "
25 " Injustice alway captures the attention of the young," she said. "But as we get older we discover how difficult it is to change the world, and we learn to turn our eyes away from what we can't fix until we no longer see injustice at all. "
― Trudi Canavan , Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five, #3)
26 " The right rumour in the right ears can kill the emperor, as they say. "
― Trudi Canavan , The Magician's Apprentice (Black Magician, #0.5)
27 " Ranel had said that the murderer wore a ring with a red gemstone. Looking at Akkarin's hands, she was almost disappointed to see they were bare. Not even a mark to hint that a ring might have been worn regularly. His fingers were long and elegant, yet masculine... "
― Trudi Canavan , The Novice (Black Magician Trilogy, #2)
28 " Era mejor evitar las heridas desde un principio que tener que tratarlas "
29 " Suddenly she was all too aware how different she was. A woman among all these man. A natural from a humble background among rich young men chosen from powerful families. A beginner among the well trained. "
30 " But right now it’s a friend’s love. "
31 " People and land, they’re the same, his father used to say. Neglect one and the other suffers eventually. "
32 " Lo único que se necesita en la vida es seguridad, conocimiento y mucho descaro. "
33 " It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow city streets because it is grieved by what it finds there. "
34 " Nunca le gustó mirar atrás. El pasado estaba repleto de malos recuerdos, y los buenos lo dejaban lleno de amargura "
35 " Kyralia estaria muy bien gobernada, si gobernar fuera un delito "
36 " En ocasiones, revelar la medida justa de la verdad era mejor que mentir descaradamente. "
― Trudi Canavan , The High Lord (Black Magician Trilogy, #3)
37 " But as I witnessed what Dakova was capable of, I cared less about what the Guild did and didn't allow. He did not need black magic to perform evil. I saw him do things with his bare hands that I will never forget. "
38 " I suppose if Akkarin came to rescue you all the time, people would say you weren't a good choice. The novices are all jealous of you, not realising that they would be in the same situation if they were the High Lord's favourite, even if they are from the Houses. Any novice he chose would be a target. Always expected to prove themselves. "
39 " It was a day-by-day record of a Guild much younger and smaller than the current one. After several pages, she had grown fond of the record-keeper, who clearly admired the people he was writing about. "
40 " Jayan found teaching both frustrating and rewarding. It depended on the apprentice. Some were attentive and talented. Some were not. "