139 Quotes by Jeff Wheeler

That is why I refuse to shutter the windows. We need more light. Even a flower withers without sunshine.

He found sarcasm to be an adequate defense in such moments. “I could have him killed at any time, my lord,” he said knowingly, his eyes bright. “But it would grieve me to make Elysabeth suffer. So I patiently wait for the man to get the pox.

In our lives, we don’t always get what we deserve or what we want. But how we deal with those misfortunes mold our character. As with this second book, time will leap-frog again into the future for book three, where the ramifications of the decisions made here will play out.

He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.

There are always two reasons we do anything, Paedrin. The real reason and the one that sounds good to everyone else.

He realized that it was difficult to be patient and wise when his mouth was blistering with unspoken insults.

Some we know about ourselves, and they are obvious to others too. Then we have faults that we are blind to ourselves, but are plain to everyone else. Some weaknesses we deliberately conceal from others. But the most rare are the ones that are both invisible to us and to others.

The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told.

Pain is a teacher, as I have told you before. Most people fear it. We do not. We would never stop a child from touching a burning piece of wood. We would warn, but never prevent. Wisdom comes through listening to those with more experience. Only fools blunder through unnecessary pain.