Armour… is part of a state of mind… in which you admit the possibility… of being hit.

Már az elöljárók között is túl sokan vannak, akikben nem lehet megbízni. Manapság nem a király vagy az állam érdekeit tartják szem előtt, csakis a saját boldogulásukat. – Az elöljárók? Hogy nem lehet bennük megbízni?...

A friendship between a man and a woman was what you called it when one had been pursuing the other for a long time and never gotten anywhere.

The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.

And Yarvi realized that Death does not bow to each person who passes her, does not sweep out her arm respectfully to show the way, speaks no profound words, unlocks no bolts. The key upon...

Remember, though, that you are the king’s observer, not the king’s champion.

I span the entire geek spectrum.

Are you entirely sure of that knot?’ asked Morveer. ‘There is no place in the plan for a lengthy drop’.’Twenty-eight strides’, said Friendly.’What?”The drop’.A brief pause, ‘That is not helpful’.

Ezt nézd meg! – sziszegte, és kinyitotta a száját, hogy a halálra vált fogoly láthassa a fogait. Vagyis, ami megmaradt belőlük. – Látod? Látod? Ahol kitörték a felső fogakat, ott meghagyták az alsókat, ahol pedig...

Some men you stick to right off. But it’s those that take time to stick that stick longest.

You can always make enemies of your friends,’ said Sumael. ‘Making friends of your enemies is harder labor.

So the fox killer his brother,the wolf.”-Mother Scaer

A minister stands for Father Peace, but a good one is no stranger to Mother War.

‘The Blade Itself’ was my first book. Probably I should’ve tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest.

it was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion

Where do we find allies?”Father Yarvi smiled. “Among our enemies, where else?

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man’s...

They appear somewhat unreliable,” he murmured.”Unreliable? Nonsense, Superior! Out of luck is all, and we both know how that goes, no? Why, there’s not a man of them I wouldn’t trust my mother to.””Are you...

Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise...

The man is a monster. The worst I have ever seen, in fact, since I last looked in the mirror. The truth? I am rotting too. I am buried alive, and already rotting. If I...

On the battlefield there are no rules.

I spent half my childhood in the shadows. Hiding from my father or my brother. Creeping from a place of solitude to another. Seeing while unseen, and pretending I was a part of what I...

You stick a bunch of drunken murderers together, ain’t long before some turn to thieving, then to lying, then to bad language, and pretty soon to sobriety, raising families and making an honest living.

The sunrise was the colour of bad blood. It leaked out of the east and stained the dark sky red, marked the scraps of the cloud with stolen gold. Underneath it the road twisted up...