28 Quotes by Carol Berg

From the instant of our first meeting I judged him so, though it could be said that I was prejudiced. When one is standing naked on a slave-auction block in a wind cold enough to freeze a demon's backside, one is unlikely to have a fair impression of anyone.

I am indeed afraid, Your Highness. Every moment of my existence carries such a burden of terror you could not imagine it. I fear I have no soul. I fear there are no gods. I fear there is no meaning to the pain I have known. I fear I have lost the capacity to love another human being or ever to see goodness in one. Among such fears as these, my lord, there is little room for you.

Loyalty never put blood back in a man's veins.

The world goes on, little Seri," he said. "A soldier never dies. His blood makes the grass green for his children.

Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

A soldier never dies. His blood makes the grass green for his children.

Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.

So what is this feadnach? Is it another curse that makes me beholden to slaves and shrews?' 'No, my lord. It is your heart. Difficult as it may be to comprehend, there is a possibility you may have one.