Janet Morris Quotes

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• To take care of the world seemed, finally, a privilege rather than a burden. The Riddler had led them to life's greatest victory. They had…
• What would the world be without him, and those like him?
• Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've…
• Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough.
• ‎Niko and his women will be the death of all the Stepsons yet.
• Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath…
• Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.
• What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve with us. Fighters are among…
• Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance; love of man…
• Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade him not to pursue a…
• Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.
• Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching determination and unswerving…
• Every man's in his own hands, with a little help from his brothers.
• Survival's the thing, isn't it?
• So some will be left who remember.
• Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.
• I see ranks ready for battle, stretching out. Five, six horses across, ranks in formation. Endlessly.
• Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly…
• Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power....
• Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.

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