Quotes from Elizabeth Haydon

Ryle Hira: Life is what it is

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming.

Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil.

Oi'm always noble, sir; it's in my blood. 'As been ever since Oi ate that knight a few years back. Why?

Don't panic. Panic will kill you when nothing else wants to.

We each have our belssings and our curses. In the end it makes us equals.

The corn is planted first, followed by beans, then squash between the rows.They are called the Three Sisters. They sustain each other, the earth, and us. But the Big Ones do not know that. They do not care for the earth, and its children, properly.

Allo, darlin'. Oi'm so glad to see it's love at first sight for you, too.

as dark as the night gets without a moon, it is really not true darkness. It's just waiting for light to return.

You cannot see the beauty without facing the darkness. Remember this.

Take the Friendmaker, for instance. Oi called 'im that , and now, when people see 'im, they instantly want to be my friend. Those that live, o' course. - Grunthor

You're as good as any other living soul on this earth. Whether other people know that or not doesn't really matter as long as you do.

I had always thought of home not as a house, or even a place, but a feeling of safety and acceptance, a warm light when the rest of the world was a dark, forbidding place. Whenever my family was around, wherever we were, I felt like I was home.

You may find that when you try to live in two worlds you are at home in neither of them.

when you find the one thing in your life you believe in above anything else, you owe it to yourself to stand by it—it will never come again, child. And if you believe in it unwaveringly, the world has no other choice but to see it as you do, eventually. For who knows it better than you? Don't be afraid to take a difficult stand, darling. Find the one thing that matters—everything else will resolve itself.

Sometimes, however, there is more than hope. Sometimes there is reason.

When you're of a different race people distrust you because they are afraid. If you don't give them reason to dislike you, it becomes their problem, not yours.

May the stars guide you. May the winds cleanse all ills and remain at your back. May the earth protect you and give you strength. May fire guard you, and rain refresh you, may all nature be your friend until we meet again in this place.

First, however you initially grasp the sword, change your grip a little, so that you focus on how you're holding it. Don't take your weapon for granted.

Panic will kill you, even when nothing else wants to.

I'll stay as long as I'm welcome," said Ashe. "Thanks for coming; it's been nice seeing you," said Achmed. "Ignore him; he's trying to be funny, but he's not good at it," said Rhapsody, her face flushing with embarrassment and anger.

Ryle Hira: Life is what it is

Allo, darlin'. Oi'm so glad to see it's love at first sight for you, too.