Michael J. Sullivan

Take my advice: live your life to the fullest. Breathe the air, taste the wine, kiss the girls, and always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.

Arista," the wizard said, "sharks don't eat seafood because they like it, but because chickens don't swim. We all do the best we can with the tools we have, but at some point you have to ask yourself where the tools came from.

I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.

Don't worry, my son, if you don't believe in Maribor and the blessings He provides. Belief in Him isn't a requirement. It doesn't stop Him from believing in you. (capital H's added for reverence)

That living has no value - it's what you do with life that gives it worth.

Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue.

One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it.

Verily, for nine hundred years have I lost. Everyone I knew is dead, the empire gone, and who knows in what state the world is left. Should what thy sister reports prove true, much hath changed in the w

There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.

Raithe enjoyed a good campfire. Something comforting about the dancing light, the smell of smoke, and the way his face and chest were hot but his backside cold. He sensed a profound meaning in this duality as well as in the enigma of flickering flames. The fire spirit spoke in spitting sparks and shifts of choking smoke, but the meaning of each remained a mystery. Everything in nature was that way. All of it spoke to him--to everyone--in a language few could understand. What secrets, what wisdom, and what horrors might he learn if only he knew what it all meant.

If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitate toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary rather than what was easy.

It was a trap after all,_ Alric said. He turned to Royce. __y apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.

See, that__ the difference,_ Mauvin said. __ suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.

And if you can't trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?

I just want to say, for the record, as far as Royal protectors go, you're not very good.""It's my first day," Royce replied dryly."And already I am trapped in a timeless prison. I shudder to think what might have happened if you had a whole week.

Fulfillment comes from striving to succeed, to survive by your own wits and strength. Such things make each of us who we are. You lose that in captivity, lose yourself, and that loss saps your capacity for joy.

That__ what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don__ believe anymore.

That__ what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don__ believe anymore