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1 " Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish. "
― Sebastien de Castell , Knight's Shadow (Greatcoats, #2)
2 " It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better. "
3 " Your ancient enemy is basically just a really, really big squirrel "
― Sebastien de Castell , Spellslinger (Spellslinger, #1)
4 " If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard? "
― Sebastien de Castell
5 " However much this annoyed me, it is accepted practice for a duellist's supporters to cheer them on- in fact, i was entitled to similar outbursts from my own admirers.'This Undriel fellow really is remarkably skilled,'Kest remarked.Undriel. That was the bastard's name.Brasti came to my defence, after a fashion. 'It's not Falcio's fault. He's getting old. And slow. Also, i think he might be getting fat. Just look at him- barely four months since he beat Shuran and already he's half the man he once was.'Always nice to have friends nearby in troubled times, i thought, batting at Undriel's blade with a clumsy parry that was testament to my increasing exhaustion. "
― Sebastien de Castell , Saint's Blood (Greatcoats, #3)
6 " Why is life so much easier to live when people are trying to take it from you than when you’re forced to actually live it? "
7 " Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats. "
8 " I don't know how well I can fight, or run, or judge, but when the blade comes, I swear on whatever they want me to swear on, I'll stop it, with my body if nothing else. "
― Sebastien de Castell , Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats, #1)
9 " Gods, man, don't you start now,' I said softly. 'We're going to get a terrible reputation if we just keep travelling across the countryside crying all the time. "
10 " The archer is the true weapon; the bow is just a long piece of wood. "
11 " I must have encountered the Duke somewhere on the road because I was carrying a sack with me and his head was in it. "
12 " I’m a woman, kid. You probably haven’t met one before, coming as you do from this backward place, but it’s like a man only smarter and with bigger balls. "
13 " When you're fighting a crowd, it's good to shout potentially threatening things like "Crossbows!" or "Fire!" or "Giant Flying Cat!" every once in a while. "
14 " First thing you learn wandering the long roads, kid. Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story. "
15 " That's what being free means - not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to take a stand and say what you'll die for. "
16 " We all got ugliness inside us, Kellen. Yours is worse? Then fight harder. Figure it out. But don’t you ever pretend you don’t have a choice. "
17 " History is written by the victors,’ she said, ‘but the truth has a way of revealing itself. "
18 " I rolled my eyes at Kest. We'd heard this lecture many times before, but Trin hadn't, so she stepped right into it."Is it really so hard?" She asked"My dear, not one man in a hundred can be a proper archer. And not one in ten thousand can become a master.""And you are one? A master archer, i mean?"Brasti smiled and contemplated the nails of his right hand. "One might fairly say so, i believe.""One says so frequently," I observed. "
19 " Everyone shush now,’ I said, taking a step towards the guards. ‘I’m about to be impressive. "
― Sebastien de Castell , Tyrant's Throne (Greatcoats, #4)
20 " When you see the world outside your home town, outside the walls of what you were brought up to see, then you discover that you almost never know if you're dong the right thing. One action, brave and true, leads to war and destruction. Another, craven and greedy, leads to peace and prosperity. "
