The best Quotes from Raven's Shadow

"Mercy is the sweetest wine and the bitterest wormwood," Eliss, the mother, said. "For it rewards the merciful and shames the guilty."

Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord

Forgiveness & Mercy

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord

Lies

War is always an adventure to those who've never seen it.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

War

A fool is any man who doesn't think he's a fool.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

Foolishness

I cannot believe the path to victory lies in staining our souls so black we become indistinguishable from those we fight.

Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire

But people are still people, however comfortable their surroundings. They lie, they feud, they betray and however much you give them, they always want more.

Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire

A man doesn't know his true strength until he fears for his life.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

Despair

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

Lies

Choice is a lie. The greatest of lies.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

Decisions

A historian is a hunter, my lord. Seeking out signs in the undergrowth of correspondence and memoir, tracking prey via the spoor of memory.

Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire

History

It's always the way with great men, they can't see the knives of those who live in their shadow.

Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord

Great Works Treason

It was a curious effect of pain that time became infinite, every instant of agony prolonged to the ultimate.

Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song

Pain

"If the stars in the sky are not fixed, then nothing is fixed. Nothing is eternal, all is temporary and ever-changing." She turned away from the stars, meeting his gaze. "Nothing is fixed, my lord. No course is so set it cannot be changed."

Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord

Fate & Destiny Stars

"Cruelty is in all of us," he said. "But they made it a virtue."

Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord

"Put more than one philosopher together and you'll birth an argument," Erlin commented. "A truism I've observed the world over. In fact, I once saw one argue with himself, it got quite violent in the end."

Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire

Philosophy

Only in war does the madman become sane.

Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire

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Not all lies are bad, just as the truth is not always good.

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Lies

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Forgiveness & Mercy

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

War Warriors

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Foolishness

Success is one part inspiration, nine parts desperation.

Magic: The Gathering () - Crude Rampart

Success Despair Inspiration

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character Decisions

Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes.

Braveheart

History

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

Kelly Rowland

Great Works

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies, it comes from those you trust the most.

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Treason

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.

Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Pain Time

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Small Things Fate & Destiny

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