If it is stupid but it works, it isn’t stupid. (a Shin’a’in saying)

She would never truly be her own woman if she allowed fear and old memories to dictate where she would or would not go.

Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.

Teach what you know, regardless of when you have learned it — teach what you learned yesterday sagely, as if you have known it all your life, and teach what you have known for decades...

…for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and dream, and before long, they ceased to believe–or hope– for anything.

We’re none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can’t be rocked off our feet by bad times. It’s the getting back up again that counts. Not that you...

Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies.

Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

like balancing on a rooftree while screaming an epic poem in a foreign language at the top of your lungs.

Bir şeyleri dışarı atıp kapıyı kilitlediğinde, aslında kendini içeri kilitlemiş oluyorsun.

Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren’t the one to put it there.

We believe that all those who are served should also spend time serving.

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them into situations where some of them are going to get killed… but it would...

The great love is gone. There are still little loves – friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no...

It’s just as easy to be lonely in a city as out in the wilderness. Easier, really. It’s harder to get to know someone when you meet in a crowded place. People can freely ignore...