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Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1) QUOTES

Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1) QUOTES

1 " It is not what a man is capable of doing, but what he chooses to do that is important. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

2 " Odd looks were probably something that would happen to me for the rest of my life. Well, actually they would probably stop at fifty, when I had a legitimate reason to have white hair. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

3 " I think Haben was silently laughing, if the jerks of his chest were anything to go by. Well, at least I was entertaining somebody. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

4 " an understatement ranked right up there with saying that a beaver might have a little trouble building a dam in the middle of a typhoon. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

5 " Don’t waste your time looking for trouble, son. It can find you all on its own. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

6 " there’s a difference between strength and power. Power changes what you are; strength changes who you are. A strong man does not need to sink to power’s base demands. He doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

7 " Pausing he added dryly, “We’ll have to come up with something if he starts giggling manically though. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

8 " There’s obviously a reason why guys can’t give birth, and I think I just discovered why. This was really disturbing. It gave the whole idea of bachelorhood a new appeal. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

9 " A question weighed heavily on my mind: would Chahiran soldiers, once on my trail, cease their pursuit at the border, or would they continue to run me down? If they killed me beyond the borders of Chahir, out here in the wilderness, who would know? "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

10 " The Jaunten were legendary, and by traditional accounts, to be feared. However, because of the recent changes in my own life, with magic awakening within me, I wondered at just how wrong the things I’d been taught were. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

11 " By the stars! I really did get into the most absurd situations! “Rhebengarthen?” I turned my head to look at Elis and tried my best to be upset with him. I couldn’t dredge up a smidgeon of anger, or even a little righteous indignation. I understood his reasoning—and he was right. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

12 " Elis kept staring at me, and then his mouth twisted up into a wry grin. “You don’t hold grudges, do you?” “Not really.” What was the point? He’d done what he needed to do. It was water under the bridge now. I just had to get used to it and move on. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

13 " I had no doubt that a warrant for Manookin’s head would be drawn up this very night. That thought was rather cheery. I had developed an abiding hatred for the man. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

14 " He wants you to go with him, "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

15 " Despite all the knowledge he’d transferred to me, there were no memories associated with it. It was like recalling what you’d read in a book. I knew very little of him except facts—the flavor of his life was lost to me. I only wished that I’d known him better. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

16 " Have you had any mage accidents?” I’d almost uprooted a forest. Did that count? “Yes. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

17 " could my life get any more complicated? I just wanted training! Well, I also wanted to live to see my next birthday, but now that I was in Hain, I wasn’t particularly worried about that. I still wanted training, though, and didn’t fancy having to jump through hoops to get it. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

18 " None of my Jaunten ancestors had studied much about magic. I "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

19 " Taking a deep breath, I made myself stand still. I faced them without flinching. After all, no matter how scary they were, they couldn’t kill me. What did I really have to worry about? "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)

20 " That still didn’t explain the scorch marks, but I didn’t bring it up. Something told me that I didn’t want to know. "

― Honor Raconteur , Jaunten (Advent Mage Cycle # 1)