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21 " No god, goddess, or spirit would ever inhabit or employ a chicken. "
― Michael J. Sullivan , Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
22 " Sunlight had a way of showing the realities that shadows born of firelight hid. The "
23 " The more you know about the past, the easier it is to divine the future. "
24 " if you can’t trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one? "
25 " A wise man once told me no man can escape death, but it’s how we run that defines us. And if I have to run, I think I’d like to go where she’s going. "
26 " Freedom, he discovered, had built a greater prison than his family or clan had. "
27 " First and foremost, the chicken was flooded with bad omens in the same overwhelming manner that Suri had seen just before coming to Persephone. Little had changed on that score. Looking deeper, searching for specifics, she saw that all the bones agreed that the full moon would be the time of reckoning—the pivotal moment. The bones didn’t say how because the bones didn’t know, most likely because she was reading a chicken. "
28 " There wasn't any point in worrying about tomorrow. No one knew what it held - maybe nothing at all. "
29 " Sunlight had a way of showing the realities that shadows born of firelight hid. "
30 " Hands could be such expressive things. "
31 " Maeve could have lost a race with a tree "
32 " Success,” he continued, “is achieved most consistently through cruelty and deception. Determination of the spirit certainly helps, but faith in Ferrol is a currency as valuable as a pair of shoes two sizes too small. "
33 " Mystics were about as common as two-headed unicorns. The few who existed lived apart from the world of men, remaining untainted by influence and corruption. Having a wolf as her best friend demonstrated the sort of wisdom he appreciated. "
34 " Yeah, that. Keep the pot. Bweak it. Give it away. You can do what you want, Woan. You can do what you want because you fwee. Wememba that. And you beautiful, too. You should have the best of anything, but all I have to give you is a pot.” He offered one last misshapen smile, or maybe that one was a frown. "
35 " It was like waiting for the sunrise and a chicken to hatch—if the sun marked the end of the world and the chicken was an all-devouring demon. — "
36 " Because power doesn’t equal worth,” Arion said. She stepped through the lodge door, walking slowly and favoring her left side. “Wisdom, the sort that your grandmother Fenelyus employed, is a far greater virtue.” She turned to Gryndal. “I told you that I had agreed to take Nyphron’s proposal to Fane Lothian. This madness can end in a sensible conclusion that doesn’t require rivers of blood. "
37 " Religion and tradition remain allies in a system that's still perceived to be fair. "
38 " The best neighbor you can have is a tree, a living tree. They listen more than they talk, provide shade on hot days, give you food and shelter, and don’t ask for anything in return. "
39 " If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. "
40 " It was easier to do nothing than to brave the unknown "