“It isn't a matter of how long, or even how much you know. It's a way of looking at things, how much you see and how you think. I suppose it's, well, perspective. . . When you start seein' five sides to a four-sided object, that's when you get the gray robe.” ThinkingKnowsWayWellsLongMatterSidesFiveFourObjectsPerspectiveGrayRobes Author:Hilari Bell
“Fasal liked to fight; Jiaan was good at planning. Together, Jiaan thought sourly, they almost made a whole officer. And if you added Jiaan's eighteen years to Fasal's seventeen, you had someone old enough to command an army as well.” IfsYearsWellsMadeEnoughWholeTogetherFightingArmyPlanningCommandOfficersEighteenSeventeen Book:Forging the Sword Source: Forging the Sword