02c. 2008 ADMy question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?...Brent Weeks / quote ↗
03c. 2008 ADHe is terribly bright; he is handsome; he is charming; and you have spoiled him horribly. In other words, he has all the makings of a true monster.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
06c. 2008 ADYes," Elene said, missing or deciding to miss the sarcasm. "Kylar thinks... Kylar fears that he's a man born to be forever alone. He thinks the last couple of months has been him cheating fate. He's not a man born to be alone, Vi, but some lies take a long time to heal.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
07c. 2008 AD..More choices in a limited time didn't mean didn't mean you could do everything-it meant that you could do anything, so you probably did nothing, frozen with indecision.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
08c. 2008 ADThere's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still swells my chest. There's magic in that.... It tells me that's the way things are supposed to be.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
10c. 2008 ADDurzo cleared his throat. "I've got bad news... Life being unfair and all that...""Oh, great. What is it?" [replied Kylar]"Luc Graesin? Kid you died on the wheel to save?""It was more for Logan than for Luc, but what about Luc?""Hanged himself," Durzo said...."Are you joking? After what I did for him? That asshole!Brent Weeks / quote ↗
11c. 2008 ADDorian said, 'If you do the right thing twice, it will cost you your life. ' Blint said, 'There are things more valuable than life.' The count said, 'You can't pay for all you've done. But you aren't beyond redemption. There's always a way out. And if you're willing to make the sacrifice, the God will give you the chance to save something priceless.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
12c. 2008 ADLike many who have no reason for pride, that very lack of reason for it made me the prouder.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
13c. 2008 AD...escaping Neph's magic was impossible. He could sooner tear stars form the heavens.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
14c. 2008 ADHe kissed her. And she kissed him. And it was infatuation, and it was hunger, and it was longing to be loved, and it was an all-consuming fire so hot it devoured worry and loneliness and fear and time and being and thought itself. They kissed, embracing, flying, and for a hundred heartbeats, there was no war, no death, no pain, nothing hard, nothing terrible, nothing but warmth and acceptance.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
15c. 2008 ADWill covers a multitude of flaws, just as love covers a multitude of sins.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
22c. 2008 ADBy what right do I bend men to my will? Or is there no right, only ability?Brent Weeks / quote ↗
23c. 2008 ADThe master who fears the choices his people will make enough to take those choices away isn't worth serving.Brent Weeks / quote ↗
24c. 2008 ADTo be a man is to bring together that which you should be and that which you are. Deception is darkness.Brent Weeks / quote ↗