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1 " An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity. "
― Janny Wurts , To Ride Hell’s Chasm
2 " Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged. "
― Janny Wurts , The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)
3 " Because you’ve survived, there is a next strategy. "
― Janny Wurts , Initiate's Trial (Wars of Light and Shadow, #9)
4 " You can't let your past write the future "
― Janny Wurts , Fugitive Prince (Wars of Light & Shadow, #4)
5 " The rebuke came, keen-edged. ‘Trusting the man is not the same thing as knowing what he’s about. "
6 " You cannot trust yourself,’ she agreed, bed-rock calm. ‘Therefore, let go. Seize life and place trust in me. "
7 " This is my present, also yours, free to choose. I am here at your side, alive, and no ghost. Let beauty and care forge the weapons tonight. "
8 " You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative. "
9 " It’s tragic how the lack of imagination so often shapes our defeat. "
10 " Hate has no ears. "
― Janny Wurts , Grand Conspiracy (Wars of Light & Shadow, #5)
11 " How often ignorance stings less than knowledge. "
12 " What is a flaw but a human mistake, or an ignorance that sees without options? "
― Janny Wurts , Peril's Gate (Wars of Light and Shadow, #6)
13 " A man wreaks harm because he forgets to love peace. He kills because of self-blinded fear, that imagines no other protection. "
14 " You don’t have to like a man to respect him. "
― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)
15 " Never get old. It's a ridiculously uncomfortable process Ath Creator should be made to find a cure for. "
― Janny Wurts , The Ships of Merior (Wars of Light & Shadow, #2)
16 " How much suffering did you lay on yourself before you awakened and recognized that guilt is deadly, and empty, and profitless? "
― Janny Wurts , Traitor's Knot (Wars of Light & Shadow, #7)
17 " Death has no repeal. It is a brute ending that leaves us the legacy of an inscrutable silence. Therefore, I understand the voice of mercy very well. "
18 " An illusion threatens no one with harm. Neither can it be dispelled by armed force. "
19 " Speak for yourself. Only rank ignorance measures a man by appearances. "
20 " Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence. "
