Trudi Canavan Quotes

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Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother's surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must be imagining it. Though…it was also odd that he would imagine his mother thinking such a string of curse words.

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What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.

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Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.

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If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.

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How am I going to make friends with these people if all I can think of is how easy it would be to rob them?

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Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.

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It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.

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There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend

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Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.

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It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

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Though I can't help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I would like to be aware it was happening, even if that did mean enduring pain and fear.

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