16 Quotes by Sebastien de Castell

I don't know how well I can fight, or run, or judge, but when the blade comes, I swear on whatever they want me to swear on, I'll stop it, with my body if nothing else.

Gods, man, don't you start now,' I said softly. 'We're going to get a terrible reputation if we just keep travelling across the countryside crying all the time.

The First Law is that men are free, for without the freedom to choose, men cannot serve their heart, and without heart they cannot serve their Gods, their Saints, or their King.

We are such a small people. For all our magic, we're scared, paranoid little children trying to protect ourselves from the bullies of the world by becoming bigger bullies ourselves.

There is no shame in love, no matter what others may tell you - and no matter what you may tell yourself.

If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard?

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.

It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better.

The archer is the true weapon; the bow is just a long piece of wood.