12 Quotes by Alex Bledsoe

You look to history to avoid the same mistakes, not repeat the same joys. That's why defeats are clearer than victories, funerals more vivid than weddings.

Spring came down hard that year. And I do mean hard, like the fist of some drunken pike poker with too much fury and not enough ale, whose wife just left him for some wandering minstrel and whose commanding officer absconded with his pay.

She met my gaze with those big, innocent eyes that could probably convince the devil he needed an extra blanket.

The pain of your loss will return. Less, but still considerable. I know you've worked hard to release it, but it can still take hold of you. I will help you sing away the fury, but I will not bear it for you.

Some of us -" She paused as she sought the words. " - don't die unless we want to. The selfish ones never do.

Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero.

Most of my family’s so dumb, they sit on the TV and watch the couch.

We have to face the world like it is before we can make it what it should be.

Because,” the newcomer said, “once upon a time, he drank, and saw the spider.