“In a better world, he thought, I'd have followed that man to hell.” — Daniel Abraham Better world Copy Share Image
“Being doomed doesn't take away from the dignity of the effort, though.” — Daniel Abraham Dignity Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter what you’ve done or seen. Every man’s a child until he’s a father. It’s the way the world’s made.” — Daniel Abraham Child Copy Share Image
“How did you find out?" "I listened. I lied. The normal things anyone would do who wanted to know something hidden.” — Daniel Abraham Lied Copy Share Image
“The problem with loving someone you don't trust is finding the right distance.” — Daniel Abraham Love Copy Share Image
“I've never seen God," Yardem said. "But you believe in him," Master Kit said. "I'm reserving judgement.” — Daniel Abraham Believe Copy Share Image
“Never assume you can survive the future because you've survived the past. Everyone thinks that, and they've all been wrong eventually.” — Daniel Abraham Time Copy Share Image
“The only ones untouched by the keen madness of the times were the children and the dogs. And the dogs seemed a… — Daniel Abraham Children Copy Share Image
“We drink to the gods,” Amiit said, raising his bowl. “May they never drink to us.” — Daniel Abraham Gods Copy Share Image
“In the thousand years since its foundation, the city had never been taken by force, though twice it had been seduced.” — Daniel Abraham Thousand years Copy Share Image
“We did an evil thing, father." "What do you think war is? We're men. Not boys swinging sticks at each other and… — Daniel Abraham Duty and honor Copy Share Image
I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems… — Daniel Abraham Acts of charity Copy Share Image
“That's the whole world. You. Me. The sea, the sky. Every retching thing there is. It's all a dream the dragons dream,… — Daniel Abraham Dragon Copy Share Image
“Even a man persuaded that the great powers of the heavens loved him above all else could starve. However powerful a story… — Daniel Abraham Material world Copy Share Image
“As we send our armsmen and sailors away to fight and die together; let there be peace between us. If there cannot… — Daniel Abraham Peace Copy Share Image
Can you love someone you don't trust?" "Absolutely," he said. "I have a sister I wouldn't lend two copper lengths if I… — Daniel Abraham Copper Copy Share Image
“Love is noble,” the magistra said. “And so we wrap it around all the things we think perhaps aren’t so noble in… — Daniel Abraham Fear Copy Share Image
“Objective truth is difficult to come by, and even if you have it, what you can pass on to the next person… — Daniel Abraham Beliefs Copy Share Image
Court games aren't fair. They don't judge men by their worth, and they aren't about what's just. Guilty men can hold power… — Daniel Abraham Coins Copy Share Image
“Has it ever struck you people how arrogant you are?" it asked, huge hands taking an attitude of query that bordered on… — Daniel Abraham Feeling sorry Copy Share Image
That's one of the things Yardem used to tell me that actually made sense. He said that you don't go through grief… — Daniel Abraham Chores Copy Share Image
“The weapon is poison,' Kit said. 'I believe that the cause we carry it in is just, but that will not protect… — Daniel Abraham Weapon Copy Share Image
We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is… — Daniel Abraham Ancient Copy Share Image
“There is a man named Ovi Niit. He runs a comfort house in the soft quarter. I mean to take it from… — Daniel Abraham Man Named Copy Share Image
“And may the gods keep us from a world where only the people who deserve love get it.” — Daniel Abraham Deserve Copy Share Image
“We say our souls want joy, but they don’t,” she said. “They want what they already know, joyful or not.” — Daniel Abraham Happiness Copy Share Image
“Some errors you can only see once you’ve committed them.” — Daniel Abraham Committed Copy Share Image
“To lose everything is not the worst that can happen." "It's starting again, from nothing, with nothing.” — Daniel Abraham Lose Copy Share Image
There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betray your trust. — Daniel Abraham Betray Copy Share Image
“if you think you are too small to make a change, try to sleep in a room with one mosquito!” — Daniel Abraham Change Copy Share Image
“Possibility is a wide field, dear. "Can't" is a word for small imaginations.” — Daniel Abraham Creativity Copy Share Image
“I think the world is often like that.” “Like what?” “Comic, but only at the right distance.” — Daniel Abraham Comic Copy Share Image
“Just because something's a game, doesn't mean it isn't serious.” — Daniel Abraham Football Copy Share Image
I’m saying there is evil in the world,” Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, “and doubt is the weapon… — Daniel Abraham Boxes Copy Share Image
“Speculation is also the natural realm of tolerance, for judgment demands evidence, and it follows that the absence of evidence which forms… — Daniel Abraham Judgement Copy Share Image
“To lose everything is not the worst can happen." "It's starting again, from nothing, with nothing," Otah said. "Is exactly this," Maj… — Daniel Abraham Doing better Copy Share Image
