Quotes from Raymond E. Feist

You must step forward, Arutha. You will never be the man for whom you were named, and you will never be your father, but nature didn't intend for you to be either of those men, no matter how worthy they were. You must become the best man you are capable of.

The elf motioned Pug toward a gigantic platform. "There is much you must learn. A year shall you abide with us, and when you leave, you will come to power and understanding you only glimpse now. Without that teaching, you will not be able to survive the coming battle. With it, you may save two worlds.

Among our people we have the recognition, the sudden knowledge that a mate is before you. Not all our people know this certainty, and to them falls the difficult task of slowly building a bond with another who has also not known the recognition. With Calis and Elien, it is the difficult way. But often it ends in a love as profound as the first.

There are cities that have no ... I don't know what to call it, an identity perhaps. A sense of being someplace different. Lots of those in the Empire. Very old cities with lots of history, but one day is much like the next.

There are sunsets above other oceans, Ghuda. Mighty sights and great wonders to behold.

There are two kinds of strength,' he added, reflecting on years gone by. 'Power and the ability to wield it is obvious, but resilience, the ability to resist power, is the other.

I know he hasn't a mean or petty bone in him, but one can err on the side of caution as well as rashness.

Men love their fears. That is why they hold on to them so tightly.

With bullies it's always the same: whether or not you can best them doesn't matter. What is important is whether or not you'll stand up to them.

Gamina may not have been the daughter of my body, but she was the daughter of my heart, and I love all her children and grandchildren none the less for this.

Men love their fears. That is why they hold on to them so tightly. You've learned something very young, Prince, something that even older men rarely understand. You've learned that fear isn't a terrible-looking thing but something lovely and seductive.

Znam, Kulgane, ali sam u skorije vreme bio toliko rastresen da je bes naprosto proklju?ao u meni kada me je Ralf onako izvre?ao. Pa, to što priznaješ sopstveni udeo dobar je znak da postaješ muškarac. Mnogi de?aci bi pokušali da se pravdaju, prebacuju krivicu na drugog ili pozivaju?i se na razloge ?asti.

My ancestors were conquerors, though now they are heroes in our history. Glancing at Amos, he said, But we wrote the history.

The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by a unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back, Or you can let it go and move forward

I am not a learned man. I have read a certain amount, enough to know I know very little. But I have read enough to have some sense that all men think of themselves as heroes, at least heroes of their own lives, and that no man who did evil thought he was doing such.

Os defeitos que vemos nos outros nunca parecem tão terríveis como os que vemos em nós...

Caleb had understood that for mothers, sons never truly grow up.

Mara hoarsely found her voice. 'You will take no concubine.' Her tone did not indicate a question. And her husband's steely stillness became answer in itself, until he acknowledged the truth. 'My lady, you are all the woman I could wish in this world. So long as you are at my side, I will have no other.

among man's strange undertakings, war stood clearly forth as the strangest.

Lady, you have answered well and wisely. Love by itself is the healer, not honor, not need, not duty. For love alone will my god Hantukama answer summons, and lend your warrior the strength to live.

The child, who could not have been more than four, kept his eyes fixed upon Nakor, who at last placed his free hand upon the child's face a moment. When he removed it, the child's eyes closed and he slumped against the Isalani's chest. 'He'll sleep. It's better for him. He's too young for such horror.

you can't cheat an honest man,' and an honest man admits his own shortcomings.

History is written by victors," said Duko. "But I have little use for history. It is the future with which I am concerned.

And evil is most adept at seeing what it wants to see. That's its weakness. It doesn't anticipate the possibility of failure.