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Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5) QUOTES

Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5) QUOTES

1 " Give me passion -- and compassion -- any day. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

2 " His mind is strange,” came Varg’s rumbling voice, “but capable. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

3 " Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.” Araris "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

4 " We are as the dead," Sha said. "Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And, when it is necessary, to surrender those lives. When we become what we are, we lose our lives - our names, our family, our homes, and our honour. All that remains is our lord. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

5 " Better the enemy you know than the enemy you don’t. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

6 " It has become a custom among the Legions to promise one’s fellows that no matter what happens, they will never lie cold upon the earth. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

7 " Kestus idly added theoretical torture to the theoretical murder, because done right, it might be funny. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

8 " Knowledge is your weapon...Kill them with it. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

9 " Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

10 " An inferior sense of smell," Marcus said, as if absolutely nothing of significance had happened, "is distinct from being told that one smells unpleasant. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

11 " Legionares are not afraid of dinner,” Max growled, giving the taurg a dire glare. “Dinner is afraid of legionares. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

12 " Close your cowardly lips over that void in your head where your brains went missing and keep them there. Then put your lazy, shapeless ass back into your chair and do it swiftly. Or face me in the juris macto. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

13 " in the course of my life, I have more than once been too ignorant to know that something was impossible before I did it anyway. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

14 " hardly a man ever made a fool of himself by keeping his bloody mouth shut. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

15 " If I ever invade Calderon again," he said, "it will be in the summer. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

16 " That isn’t going to happen,” he told her. “It’s going to be all right” “Fool,” Kitai scoffed gently. “You do not know that.” “Sometimes you don’t know the most important things,” Tavi said. “You believe them.” “That is completely irrational.” “Yes,” Tavi agreed. “And true. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

17 " Sometimes you don’t know the most important things,” Tavi said. “You believe them. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

18 " I've got blisters and muscle cramps in places not meant for the touch of anything but a beautiful woman," Max spat back sullenly. "I've bitten my tongue so many times in the past three days that I whistle in musical chords when I exhale. And the smell isn't ever going to come out of my armor, I just know it. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

19 " planning became a great deal simpler and easier when one didn’t have the additional bother of working out how to survive said plan. "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

20 " Duty flows uphill and down.” He "

― Jim Butcher , Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)