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21 " What the fuck,” the king bellowed, his voice unusually gruff for such a lithe man. "
― David Dalglish , Dawn of Swords (Breaking World, #1)
22 " People lie. People exaggerate. They view the world through tainted glass, yet see themselves in a gilded mirror. "
― David Dalglish , A Dance of Death
23 " Thank you, Mister Stabby Sword Man, "
― David Dalglish , A Dance of Chaos (Shadowdance, #6)
24 " Good men stink of soil, oil, and other toil; villains smell of roses. "
― David Dalglish , Magic, Myth & Majesty (7 Fantasy Novels)
25 " You labeled us, put us on a pedestal, and then safely went back to your ways. You didn’t want a savior. You wanted a crutch to rest your sins upon. "
― David Dalglish , Shadowborn (Seraphim, #3)
26 " Never underestimate the power of bureaucratic incompetence, "
27 " would rather die a free man than live as a slave to a theocracy, beneath a puppet king who has less faith than I do. "
28 " War is rarely black and white, rarely goodness fighting evil; we are all different shades of gray. There are no pure means, only pure ends. "
29 " As an emotion, I find pity most annoying; you cannot feel pity for someone who is at the same level as you. It requires you to look down on someone and consider yourself their superior in some way. "
30 " Man will struggle against foreign chains about his neck, but if he binds himself willingly, humbly, he will remain free of chaos forever. "
― David Dalglish , The Old Ways (The Paladins, #3)
31 " When everyone else is fighting for their lives, I can’t hide in the corner. "
32 " Whatever he’d expected, it was a pale comparison to the sight of the crawling mountain. Even Soren and Albert looked shaken. Six enormous legs slammed into the earth and dragged craters open with their claws. Its belly cut a groove with its approach. The sound of its passage was like thunder. "
― David Dalglish , Ravencaller (The Keepers, #2)
33 " No, not ending, its cold voice spoke within his mind. He sensed within it a powerful promise, and an overwhelming sense of excitement. Awakening. "
34 " When you demonize the merchants that bring your society prosperity and consider those who engage in it to be sneaky or criminal, you create a society where people want to be royalty and nobody wants to do the uncouth work that allow the royalty to survive. "
35 " Flee, humans. As much as it burns your pride, accept that tonight belongs to the dragon-sired. "
36 " Love heals. A simple statement, perhaps, but it is true, and it is powerful. "
― David Dalglish , The Shadows of Grace (The Half-Orcs, #4)
37 " the smell was potent. A subtle "
― David Dalglish , Night of Wolves (The Paladins, #1)
38 " A new order rises, and you shall be at the forefront of its creation! Equality among all creations. A shedding of morality built to cage your kind and justify the killing of ours. Are you willing to bleed for this, Ravencallers? Are you willing to break bones? To lift corpses to the sky? "
39 " The avenria wielded a lone blade, as long as a traditional soldier’s sword, but the steel was curved up and down in waves. Something about its unnatural shape was off-putting to watch, and it made blocking and parrying a tense affair, for it never behaved quite as she expected. Best to kill the avenria quickly, she knew, but the strange raven-like man was more than an equal match to her skill. "
40 " My mother and father died years ago together,” Kael said as Liam’s gold wings began to shimmer. “Dry your tears, knight of Center. I am not your son. I’m just an enemy about to die at the bottom of a well. "