172 Quotes by Janet Morris

There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven’t the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they see it; not the stomach to apprehend it as they do it. Most men, blind and dumb in their self-centeredness, don’t betray: they merely disappoint.

Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.

You have crossbows: Shoot early; shoot often.

If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.

There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness.

Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price.

The universe forgives those who give until their hearts are aching and their spirits weak, and finds a way to renew all strength and cure all ills, in this world or the next, if a soul can just have faith.

A wise one determines his own fate.

Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men.