"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
Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?
Anthony Ryan - 2: Tower Lord
War is always an adventure to those who've never seen it.
Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song
A fool is any man who doesn't think he's a fool.
Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song
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
Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.
Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song
Choice is a lie. The greatest of lies.
Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song
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
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
It was a curious effect of pain that time became infinite, every instant of agony prolonged to the ultimate.
Anthony Ryan - 1: Blood Song
"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
"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
Only in war does the madman become sane.
Anthony Ryan - 3: Queen of Fire
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