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  • You are an... animal? A talking animal?" Without missing a beat, Teela said, "Of course not. She's much, much harder to train.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.1317, MIRA
  • Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Don’t let it devour you.

    Trying   Failing   Fine  
    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.85, MIRA
  • If life were fair, we would never have suffered what we suffered at all; having suffered it and survived, we're still reacting to things that don't exist anymore.

    Reacting   Stills   Fairs  
    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.931, MIRA
  • There is not a man born among us who dreams—at first—of service, although in the end, many are bent that way.

    Dream   Men   Firsts  
    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Cast in Silence”, p.214, LUNA
  • History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.236, MIRA
  • I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.837, MIRA
  • Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Chronicles of Elantra bundle: Cast in Shadow\Cast in Courtlight\Cast in Secret”, p.685, LUNA
  • The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.

    Weather   Way   Sometimes  
  • Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.215, MIRA
  • We all fail. But none of us fail all the time.

    Failing  
    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Cast in Silence”, p.178, LUNA
  • I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.1080, MIRA
  • Trying," he said at last, "is good. It always is. But failing? Everyone fails, one time or another. It's how you deal with failure that counts, in the end. It's the successes that you're known for-but it's the failures make you what you are.

    Trying   Lasts   Failing  
  • Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed.

    Mean   Mind   Tests  
  • The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

    Skins   Fit   Mask  
  • Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.

    Lying   People   Easier  
    Michelle Sagara (2012). “Silence”, p.37, Penguin
  • Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.

    Michelle Sagara (2012). “Cast in Peril”, p.118, LUNA
  • What humans do when they're desperate is just an expression of fear. What they do when they feel safe is a better indication of whether or not you can trust them.

    Trust   Fear   Expression  
    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Cast in Silence”, p.51, LUNA
  • You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

    Believe   Lord   Angry  
    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Secret”, p.96, MIRA
  • Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative.

    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Cast in Silence”, p.89, LUNA
  • Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Courtlight”, p.217, MIRA
  • There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.654, MIRA
  • i'm never going to understand the Barrani." "You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either." "Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun.

    Fun   Trying   Sound  
    Michelle Sagara (2012). “Cast in Peril”, p.126, LUNA
  • Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.33, MIRA
  • Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.

  • In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But that disavowal, time softens, and if we do not believe, we hope. Belief is easier to kill, somehow, and its death easier to bear.

  • Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in yours. Belive that on occasion that much death can become tedious.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 2: Cast in Secret\Cast in Fury\Cast in Silence”, p.955, MIRA
  • I'm missing something, aren't I?" "Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours." "Tell him I'm dead.

    Waiting   Missing   Brain  
    Michelle Sagara (2009). “Chronicles of Elantra bundle: Cast in Shadow\Cast in Courtlight\Cast in Secret”, p.8, LUNA
  • Maybe home is something we have to make, and remake, over and over.

    Home   Remakes  
  • If hearts really could sink, Kaylin's was busily rearranging her internal organs.

    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Secret”, p.120, MIRA
  • Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling.

    Bitter  
    Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Chaos”, p.165, MIRA
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