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Shadow's Edge

Brent Weeks

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.”

“Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness that once in a great while triumphs over strength. ”

“Why did women always believe that talking about a problem would fix it? Some issues were corpses. Hot air made them fester and rot and spread their disease to everything else. Better to bury it and move on.”

“Elene gasped and sat up. "Kylar Thaddeus Stern!" Kylar giggled. "Thaddeus? That's a good one. I knew a Thaddeus once." "So did I. He was a blind idiot." "Really?" Kylar said, his eyes dancing. "The one I knew was famous for his gigantic-" "Kylar!" Elene interrupted, motioning toward Uly. "His gigantic what?" Uly asked. "Now you did it." Elene said, "His gigantic what, Kyler?" "Feet. And you know what they say about big feet." He winked lasciviously at Elene. "What?" Uly asked. "Big Shoes," Kylar said.”

“My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?...”

“The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.”

“Just because it's a dream doesn't mean it's a lie.”

“A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog.”

“We become the masks we wear.”

“The perfect killer has no identity.”

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Book Keywords:

shoes, gigantic, psychopathology, blind, love, truth, feet, dreams, talking, idiot, evil

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