Shadebound: An Epic Fantasy Adventure
G.D. Penman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“relaxed by the sounds of other living people about her. The desolate silence of her own well-insulated chamber had been too alien to a girl more accustomed to being trod on in the night, the silence stretching out and leaving vacuous openings for her thoughts and fears to dwell in.”
“She had to think like the dragon. Unity of purpose. She half remembered something about that in the Owl’s endless books.”
“Nobles who had never been denied anything in their lives now found the lack of access to this curious new creature in their midst to be a great frustration”
“It was exactly what Harmony had taught her, to hold herself up and never let others tear her down. It was just strange to hear she had taken the lesson to heart instead of merely nodding along with whatever her supposed mentor said.”
“It was as though they were children with no grasp of the real consequences of failure.”
“In his experience, the commoners’ allegiance went to whoever kept food in their belly, kept a roof over their head, and whipped them the least. When it came to the noble houses, loyalty was bought for a marginally higher price, but it was still bought.”
“Her interest was in the future, what was coming next, what would happen next, how she could intercept danger before it struck. She never thought on the past, and how things had come to be how they were. He supposed that between the two of them, they almost managed wisdom. Almost.”
“Frightened fools love their fire.”
“Drive, my dear. Ambition. The desire to succeed and the will to pursue it. It is my hope that you are ready and willing to put in the work required to make something of yourself.”
“Civility was a mask, but it was armor too. So long as he maintained appearances, his enemies could not work against him openly either.”
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