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21 " Well, future apprentice or not, no one is going to sway me but me. "
― Rachel E. Carter , First Year (The Black Mage, #1)
22 " Nine times out of ten a knight dies not because of a direct wound, but minor ones that amass over time. The smart enemies don't strike to kill. They just wait for you to do the work for them. "
23 " It wasn't always the easiest conversation, having someone else point out your flaws, but it was a necessary evil if we wanted to improve. Better to hear truth, a certain someone had said, than false flattery. "
24 " Warriors dealt with pain every day, and now that the worst of mine was gone, I was determined to do the same. "
25 " This was why people left the Academy. Eloise and Isaac took away our brains, Piers broke our bodies, and Cedric took what little magic we had and destroyed it. "
26 " It had been an assault of everything wrong and right, right and wrong, wrong and right. "
27 " Sir Piers spent the whole exercise shouting. I was convinced someone had told him the louder he yelled, the harder we'd try. It didn't work. "
28 " The people who tell you what you want to hear are the most dangerous enemies you'll ever meet. "
29 " Your spells are derivatives of the information, experience , and desire you put forth. I'm sure all of you have desire— it's why you are here— but the amount of information and experience you put into your castings will be important indicators as well. You can want something more than anything, but if you can't build up the proper projection in your mind , it won’t be very effective. You need to consider all aspects, not just the image or obvious sense of the action or thing you are trying to create. "
30 " Pain is a sign you are working your body to its limits, "
31 " Too often we allow sigh and pain to dictate our actions. "
32 " Sleep and fail. "
33 " No one is going to sway me but me. "
34 " The worst thing wealth does is give those who have it a false sense of security.” Piers chuckled as he moved on to another student to correct. "You stop trying as hard, and there’s always another who will gladly take your place. "
35 " Only fools—or bandits—would travel so empty-handed. We "
36 " Magic learns over time,” he panted. “Keep challenging it, and the casting becomes instinct. The projection is already stored up in your mind. "
37 " Your spells are derivatives of the information, experience , and desire you put forth. "
38 " unable to "
39 " if you can't concentrate long enough to hold the spell you wish to enact, you’ll never find yourself casting the more advanced spells that you’ll need. "
40 " The warrior fills many roles, and the capacity to do so requires an intelligence that ordinary soldiers are not trained to possess. "