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First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6) QUOTES

First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6) QUOTES

1 " Life, Tavi reflected, seldom makes a gift of what one expects or plans for. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

2 " A good man, almost by definition, would seriously question any decisions he made that led to such terrible consequences for others. Especially if those others trusted him. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

3 " Life is unfair, uncaring, and painful, "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

4 " That was the entire reason to have battle commanders in the first place—so that one man could balance the advantages of logic and reason against the emotional, insane demands of close battle. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

5 " I find it remarkable how often amateurs confuse courage with idiocy. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

6 " Death is certain, Aleran—for all of us. That being true, we know that all of those we love will either be torn away from us, or we will be torn away from them. It follows as naturally as the night after sundown. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

7 " I tried to be what I was meant to be, Father. It was never personal. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

8 " The Queen closed her eye and nodded. She opened it again, and there was a tear tracking down her face. “I tried to be what I was meant to be, Father. It was never personal. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

9 " Well,” Antillus Raucus said. “There it is.” “Brilliant last words,” Phrygius said beside him. “We’ll put them on your memorium. Right next to, ‘He died stating the obvious.’ ” “Ah,” Lord Placida said. “It begins.” “See?” Phrygius said. “Sandos knows how to go out with style.” “You want to go out with style, I’ll strangle you with your best silk tunic,” growled Antillus. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

10 " But even the tough, capable centurions gave Marcus speculative glances, as if seeking out his thoughts on their predicament. Marcus returned the glances with nothing but crisp salutes, letting them see the First Spear proceeding with business as usual. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

11 " Yes,” Aquitaine said quietly. “The Legions will pay a terrible price so that the residents of Riva can flee. But if they do not, the city will fall into chaos, and the civilians will die.” He shook his head. “This way, perhaps half of the legionares will survive the retreat. Even odds. If we are forced to defend the city to our last man, they will all die, Countess. For nothing. And they know it.” He nodded. “They’ll fight. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

12 " Strength is the first virtue,” Alera said. “That is not a pleasant fact. Its distastefulness does not alter the truth that without strength to protect them, all other virtues are ephemeral, ultimately meaningless. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

13 " She put her hands on his face, and whispered "Death is nothing to me, chala. Not if we are together. Death is not to be feared." She leaned forward and kissed his mouth, very gently. Then she rested her forehead against his. "Being taken from one another. That terrifies me. It terrifies me. I will go to any wasted wilderness, to any horrible city, into any nightmare to keep you at my side, chala, and never flinch. I never have. But do not ask me to leave you. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

14 " The Legions have a long tradition, boys. You march hard and fast and show up in places where no one expects you—and then you go to work.” He grinned. “And you do it all carrying a hundred pounds of gear made by whoever did it for the least coin—but every one of those slives gets paid better than you! It’s tradition! "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

15 " Not every man in the Senate is some kind of masterful schemer, exerting all his energies to acquire more power and influence at the expense of all others.” “No,” Isana agreed. “Some of them are incompetent schemers. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

16 " Intentions count for far less than the consequences of the actions born from them. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

17 " Sometimes, son,” Count Calderon said, “you have to acknowledge that your future is in someone else’s hands. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

18 " What one deserves and what one experiences are seldom congruent. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

19 " There are some people who will never understand what
loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course,
but they will never know.They will never see it from the inside.
They couldn't imagine a world where something like that was real. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

20 " This is what is going to happen, Aleran. You will no longer lie with me. You will treat me in exactly the fashion that you would any proper young lady of the Citizenry. You will court me, and do it well, or so help me I will strangle the life from you."
"Um," Tavi said.
"And," she said, a massively threatening quality in her tone, "you will court me properly after the ways of my people. You will do so with legendary skill and taste. And only when that is done will we share a bed once more. "

― Jim Butcher , First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)