Oh I don't always do what I'm told. I'm a bad girl. I don't do the things girls should.

A man doesn't know his true strength until he fears for his life

We found a jewel in the desert,’” I quoted. “’And from it fashioned a charred cinder. 'Queen of Fire Pg 313

In order to contemplate, one must have something to contemplate. A life without experience provides no chance of contemplation. Those who have not lived cannot mediate om the mysterious of life.

You will know him by the blade he carries and the Dark-born skill with which he wields it, for none who know the love of the Father may defeat the Darkblade, yet all must stand against him.

Honour’ is just a word. You can’t eat it or drink it and yet everywhere I go men talk of it endlessly, and they all tell a different tale of what it actually means.

No, I'm truthful. It's my weapon.

Shades don't care what you believe or how fiercely you believe it. Your name gives them purchase on your soul and thence your body.

Face after face contorted in hate, men, women, children. Whatever lies had been voiced against me had clearly gained near-universal acceptance. I knew then that, regardless of what transpired here, my home was now lost to me. It wasn’t just that these people would never accept me, more that I would never forgive their gullibility.

It's a rare man who can guard against beauty.