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Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8) QUOTES

Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8) QUOTES

1 " You don’t have to like a man to respect him. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

2 " There’s an alternate view. That no man or woman alive is the disempowered victim of another’s degrading circumstance. Each is equipped to pursue their own fate. No one needs saving. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

3 " Does vengeance or blame ease the sorrow of heart-ache? We all make mistakes. Life can’t be lived without harm to others. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

4 " Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned, no matter how hard we try to live up to them. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

5 " Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned. They exist, beyond price, and we cannot hope to match up to them. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

6 " A soldier’s life is all grinding routine. Who sold you the rosy notion of honour, trumped up in bright flags and glory? We’re here to burn barley. Tossing a torch takes a damned sight less practice than trenching hard ground with a spade. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

7 " I always listen," the duke said, annoyed. "Just hang your silly, unnatural notion, that hearing means following your orders. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

8 " Doubt packs more damage, kept secret. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

9 " I pity the man who can’t cry. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

10 " But a parcel of walled soil does not make the heart of a ruler or define the nobility of a people! "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

11 " There are no victims, now. While we survive, for as long as we love, our future is yet to be written. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

12 " I trust you," she murmured through urgency. "Completely. Without end, and before the beginning. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

13 " Look at yourself, idiot. You reek like the slaughter-house. Plan your dastard’s revenge as you like. But for those of us liking our company civilized, spare us the horror and bathe yourself first! "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

14 " But hope always kindles through striving. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

15 " Loyalty," he stated, ineffably gentle. "A quality honoured by sages and fools, by which humankind finds the courage to trample the reflex for self-preservation. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

16 " Sometimes there are no victims to save, and nothing is broken that should be fixed. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)

17 " I would sooner converse with a snake!" He side-stepped the clutter.

"Speak and have done. Even snakes prefer their choice of company. "

― Janny Wurts , Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow, #8)