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The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3) QUOTES

The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3) QUOTES

1 " War is food and drink and disease and patience and anger and hate and cold and stealth and terror as well as sweet silver and bitter iron and the glitter of arms in the sun or under the moon. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

2 " But all you have to do is lie. If enough people lie, all the time, then there isn’t enough truth for law to work. That’s how I see it. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

3 " Those who have known pain should have mercy on others. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

4 " My da—” Diccon looked at the ground. “… my da calls me ‘Bent.’”
Robin smiled. “No. Sorry, Diccon. It’s a good name, but a master archer had it and it died with him. Got another?”
“My mother calls me a God-Damned Fool,” Diccon said with a smile.
“Good, you’ll fit right in. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

5 " Whenever you think you are very clever, that’s when you are getting ready to be awesomely stupid.” “Based "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

6 " You expect everyone to cooperate with the law. To make the law work." Duke took a deep breath. "But all you have to do is lie. If enough people lie, all the time, then there isn't enough truth for the law to work. That's how I see it." He looked at his feet. "If enough men are greedy, and willing to lie to get what they want?" He raised his head and faced them. "Then it's easy. Their way is easy. And you lot will sit here and debate. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

7 " Save them, save them all. In doing so, brother, you will save yourself. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

8 " a battle was a situation where two commanders each thought they had a decisive superiority and one was wrong. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

9 " You take it all for granted,” he said. He sounded as if he was angry—or if he might weep. “It’s bloody good, this thing we have. But you forget it’s not natural. You expect everyone to cooperate with the law. To make the law work.” Duke took a deep breath. “But all you have to do is lie. If enough people lie, all the time, then there isn’t enough truth for law to work. That’s how I see it.” He looked at his feet. “If enough men are greedy, and willing to lie to get what they want?” He raised his head and faced them. “Then it’s easy. Their way is easy. And you lot will sit here and debate. When the only real answer is to arm, go out in the streets, and fucking kill every Guardsman and every Galle on every corner until we hold the city. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

10 " tiltyards. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

11 " On the bottom row were the bases of his power—represented "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

12 " Everything in this world is terror,” the old man said. “If you care to see it that way. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

13 " Nell was not by his side, and Kit Foliak would never buy another gold embroidered sword belt. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

14 " The first horse to fall exploded. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)

15 " Game of Kings. "

― Miles Cameron , The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)