Quotes from Trudi Canavan

Kyralia estaria muy bien gobernada, si gobernar fuera un delito

It was a day-by-day record of a Guild much younger and smaller than the current one. After several pages, she had grown fond of the record-keeper, who clearly admired the people he was writing about.

En ocasiones, revelar la medida justa de la verdad era mejor que mentir descaradamente.

Our army is retreating. The Sachakans are following. They will be here soon. We must be ready. The servants are bringing horses." He paused and frowned at one of the apprentices. "Stop wating time asking stupid questions and see if your horse is here!" he snapped. He turned and pointed. "You! Arelenin. I can see someone bringing your horse. Yes, I'd hardly miss that ugly beast if it were on the other side of the country. Go and get it.

There was no fast and painless way to perform an amputation, Tessia knew. Not if you did it properly.

Hanara did not yet feel he'd reached long-life. It was a state, slaves said, where you felt satisfied you have lived long enough. Where you didn't feel cheated if you died. You might not have had an easy life, or a happy one, but you'd had your measure. Or you had made a difference to the world, even a small one, because you had existed.

It always seems easier to do nothing, when the harm is don elsewhere," Dakon said. "They know their young ones will either learn a lesson and limp home – or die and stop being a problem – or prove successful. The worst that could happen is a bit of a diplomatic hiccup in history.

We have more in common than I thought, he mused wryly. He liked the idea that, if either of them ever fell from grace, the other might be there to offer support. It's always easier to become friends with someone you have something in common with. I just hope it doesn't take some socially disastrous fall before she'll consider the possibility I might be a friend.

The healers' university looked exactly as Tessia had imagined. Her father had described it as an 'old but strange building that has adopted and absorbed surrounding houses as opportunity and funds allowed'. It sounded confusing and intriguing, and it was.

A friend. Cery's shoulders drooped. Closing his eyes, he let out a long sigh.

Tyvara shook her head. "I knew this would happen. I didn't want to become attached to you because I knew, if I did, something would take you away." Suddenly he couldn't stop smiling. She looked up and frowned. "What's so funny?" "I love you, too," he said.

My soul is the gods'; my heart is yours. Leiard smiled—a sly, secretive smile. It was an expression she had never seen him wear before. Was this just her mind embellishing the mood she sensed from him? I've always suspected souls were a concept the gods invented to encourage people to serve them. In fact, I once had a conversation with a god in which he admitted that —

Jayan found teaching both frustrating and rewarding. It depended on the apprentice. Some were attentive and talented. Some were not.

No solo mantengo conversaciones conmigo misma, sino que me niego a hablar conmigo. Deben de ser los primeros síntomas de la locura.

There's no need for me to enter your mind, just sit at the edges and look for leakage." "Leakage?" Veran looked at his daughter. "You magicians have some interesting terms. Not particularly reassuring ones.

I'd love to see what the women wear, then." "You wouldn't believe what your eyes were seeing – and don't ask me to describe it. I'd have to learn a whole new vocabulary first.

That's who attacked us?" Balkan muttered. "She's barely more than a child." "A small package with a big surprise inside," Sarrin said dryly.

Change goes on all the time. You lose something and you gain something else." - Cery

They won't catch you," he told her. "And even if they do, I'll get you back. I promise you that.

It had surprised and impressed Tessia to learn that Everran and Avaria owned two wagons, one for their own everyday use and one kept for visits to the Royal Palace. Since the journey to the palace consisted of half the length of two streets, it seemed frivolous to own a vehicle especially for it.

Injustice always captures the attention of the young,' she said. 'But as we get older we discover how difficult it is to change the world, and we learn to turn our eyes away from what we can't fix until we no longer see injustice at all.

When Tessia and Jayan were served a large, fat rassook each, Jayan had smugly commented that Tessia certainly had a way with villagers and he would not be surprised if she could charm pickpockets into putting money into her wallet.

There are three things you will learn from tonight: even the most powerful Thief has limitations, it pays to have friends in high places, and there are some things best left to magicians." - Cery

Everything has changed for the worse." - Cery