“Many people make devices that can be used for good or evil. You cannot blame the blacksmith when the swords he crafts… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
“My father used to say some families are made by shared blood and some families are made by spilled blood” — Lindsay Buroker Family Copy Share Image
“Why, Sicarius, is it possible you have a playful side beneath your razor-edged knives, severe black clothing and humourless glares?” — Lindsay Buroker Sicarius Possible Copy Share Image
“Sicarius wore his usual guess-my-thoughts-if-you-can-mask, though she sensed he did not approve.” — Lindsay Buroker Humor Copy Share Image
“I don't know why you'd want to kill Maldynado, when it's clear you'd make fabulous hat-shopping buddies.” — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
“Technically speaking, Maldynado is the better fencer. Your man is the better killer.” — Lindsay Buroker Fencer Copy Share Image
“You’re inviting us to the rooftop populated with the people the gangs are after?” Deret hollered. “Given that we’re planning ways to… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
“That’s too much power for one man to wield, too much temptation. The easier we make it to kill, the less time… — Lindsay Buroker Art Copy Share Image
“Friendship is as selfish as any other relationship, perhaps more so because it masquerades as something noble. I am more comfortable with… — Lindsay Buroker Friend Copy Share Image
“Amaranthe decided not to explain that it hadn't been a guess, that Sicarius reserved his ultra icy glare for those who threatened… — Lindsay Buroker Amaranthe Decided Copy Share Image
“An explanation.” Sicarius regarded her intently. “Clarify the situation with the emperor. I could not understand the incoherent jumble you spit out… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
“No, no.” Amaranthe lifted a hand. “You needn’t let me know you think my idea has promise. It’s been nearly three months… — Lindsay Buroker Confidence Copy Share Image
“You said nothing to me of the newspaper clippings.” “No, because you were displaying…snippiness yesterday.” “Snippiness?” he asked. “It’s a word.” “I… — Lindsay Buroker Books Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t go for a swim without consulting you first. But, given your past history working for Hollowcrest and skulking around dark… — Lindsay Buroker Dark place Copy Share Image
“You’re an awful conversationalist,” Amaranthe said. “How is it possible I prefer spending time with you?” “Most people don’t want to talk… — Lindsay Buroker Spending time Copy Share Image
“Oh, religion and talk of differences in morality, all of that us-versus-them stuff, is what gets the common man behind the war… — Lindsay Buroker Common man Copy Share Image
“Oh, they’ll be punished.” Amaranthe smiled and pointed at the heretofore silent Sicarius. “Pa here, he’s the farm dis-ci-pli-nar-i-an. He was a… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
“Sicarius, are you ready for a hike?” She faced him only to find he had armed himself—more so than usual. In addition… — Lindsay Buroker Armed Copy Share Image
“Asking isn't what I had in mind,” Sicarius said. “Yes, I can see that.” Amaranthe planted a hand on his chest, fingers… — Lindsay Buroker Psychology Copy Share Image
“Sicarius stood behind them, not bothering to hide his face as the breeze rifled through his short blond hair. He hadn’t drawn… — Lindsay Buroker Average person Copy Share Image
“You never say what I wish you’d say, and you frequently say nothing at all when it’s clear you should say something,… — Lindsay Buroker Humor Copy Share Image
“My husband,” Amaranthe said. “Really! I would have guessed bodyguard.” Yes, even without visible weapons, he had that aura.” — Lindsay Buroker Bodyguard Copy Share Image
“Basilard, can you cover our trail?” Basilard rubbed his head dubiously. Maldynado, Books, and Akstyr leave trail like marching army.” — Lindsay Buroker Books Copy Share Image
“Oh, no," Maldynado said. "When I get my statue, I don't want it to be an image of me going up a… — Lindsay Buroker Humor Copy Share Image
“A realization came to Books in that moment, one that shook his beliefs even more than when he had learned magic existed:… — Lindsay Buroker Books Copy Share Image
“You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to… — Lindsay Buroker Death Copy Share Image
“She decided to forgo her ambitions of creating a cohesive unit. An occasionally functional one with tendencies towards violence seemed more within… — Lindsay Buroker Motivation Copy Share Image
“I reckon if you care for someone and you can't have their love, you can either be a spiteful bastard about it… — Lindsay Buroker Happiness Copy Share Image
“Colonel Ridge Zirkander had walked the hall to General Ort’s office so many times he suspected his boots were responsible for the… — Lindsay Buroker Peace Copy Share Image
“Sure, you want me to be able to heal you if wolves attack again, right?” “Won’t you find that hard to do… — Lindsay Buroker Death Copy Share Image
“I don’t think you can ensure anything when it comes to people. I’m sure you find it odd, but most of us… — Lindsay Buroker Pragmatism Copy Share Image