226 quotes
My arguments were beginning to sound a little strained to me, too. I was in the position of a priest trying to sell religion.
Shadows Linger (1984)
Fickle folk. A little hunger and stress and they forgot all about liberty.
Bleak Seasons (1996)
“Kayean and I used to walk up here at night to, uh…”
“In a graveyard?”
“Nothing like tombstones to remind you how little time you have for the finer things in life.”
Sweet Silver Blues (1987)
I began to back away.
This is how I handle my women. Duck for cover when they get distressed.
Shadow Games (1989)
For once he was as serious as a spear through the gut.
Bleak Seasons (1996)
Trouble came only where I expected it, from One-Eye, whose motto is that anything not nailed down is his and anything he can pry loose isn’t nailed down.
Shadow Games (1989)
Next thing I knew I wasn’t alone. And the someone with me was very warm, very naked, and very female. And very determined. And I sure don’t have much will power.
Cold Copper Tears (1988)
There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says. We must blame ourselves for misinterpreting them. One-Eye’s handicap in no way impairs his marvelous hindsight.
The Black Company (1984)
Do you comprehend the idea of symbol? You say you accept sorcery. The very root of sorcery is manipulation of symbol in a way that affects referent. And that’s the root of religion, too.
Cold Copper Tears (1988)
He had leaped into the embrace of self-delusion.
There was a lot of that going around.
Soldiers Live (2000)
He talks big about his goddess getting involved but I won’t count on that. I’ve never seen the gods actually take a hand in mortal affairs.
Bleak Seasons (1996)
Soldiers live. And wonder why.
Water Sleeps (1999)
People don’t want to be told to do right. They don’t really want to do right. They want to do whatever they want—and whine that it’s not fair, it’s not their fault, when it comes time to pay the piper.
Cold Copper Tears (1988)
Life is never like a canal, flowing gently through a straightforward and predictable channel. It is more like a mountain brook, zigging and zagging, tearing things up, sometimes going almost dormant before taking an unexpected and turbulent turn.
Soldiers Live (2000)
“Can you read?”
I nodded.
“Rules are posted over there. You got two choices. Obey them. Or be dead.”
The White Rose (1985)
And there is no time. There is a war on.
Always there is a war on.
Bleak Seasons (1996)
“Don’t even think about it, horse. I have friends in the glue business. Get up.”
They got. Unlike women, you can show horses who is boss.
Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)
“Do you think we could get a tutor for Varth?”
“A tutor? Royal! We’re peasants.”
“Castes are castes, but there’re ways to get around that. Silver is the best."
We like to know that our guests are out when they head out. Some of them are so slow they might not remember which side of the door they’re supposed to be on when it shuts.
Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)
There is no way to get your health back. You live on memories of what was and fantasies about what might have been. Both can be deadly to the man who loses sight of the demarcation between them and reality.
Sweet Silver Blues (1987)