“Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.”
Source: Under Heaven
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Famous Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes
“You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.”
Source: Under Heaven
“Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale.”
Source: Under Heaven
“Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.”
Source: Under Heaven
Source: Under Heaven
Source: The Wandering Fire: Book Two of the The Fionavar Tapestry
Source: Sailing to Sarantium: Book One of the Sarantine Mosaic
Source: Under Heaven
Source: Under Heaven
“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
“How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives.”
Source: Under Heaven
Source: The Summer Tree: Book One of the The Fionavar Tapestry
Source: Lord of Emperors: Book Two of the Sarantine Mosaic
“We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.”
Source: Summer Tree, The: Book One of the Fionavar Tapestry
“The heart has its own laws... and the truth is... the truth is that you are the law of mine.”
“most hated by the dark, for their name is light.”
Source: The Darkest Road: Book Three of the Fionavar Tapestry
“By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.”
“I will not say I am sorry, but I can tell you that I grieve.”
“She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.”
“When I'm all grown up, come what may, I'll build a boat to carry me away”
Source: The Last Light of the Sun
“We are the total of our longings.”
Source: The Summer Tree: Book One of the The Fionavar Tapestry
“But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing?”
Source: Under Heaven
Source: Under Heaven
“Lazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart.”