Michelle West Quotes

#1. What use mistakes if not to learn from them? What use learning if, in the end, one clung to the old?

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#2. Now," she countered, "is all we have. All we can be certain we have.

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#3. By some strange alchemy of the divine, darkness was light: the Lord of the Hells was clothed in it, as if it were raiment or armor, and he shone with it.

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#4. Judge what you have to judge. Change what you need to change. "If you don't deserve it now, earn it.

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#5. Grieve for us, then, Jewel. Grieve as you must. Only we two are left who will, and only one of us can ever do so openly. Be what I can no longer be, for a little while.

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#6. Lies are for those whose truths are not strong enough." --Ariane

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#7. But maybe life was like that: it held your death, waiting, and you had no choice but to walk toward it if you wanted a life.

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#8. I am not so fearful of my own status that I must see it slavishly worshiped at every possible moment, Kovakar," the kinlord responded. "It bores me" - Isladar

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#9. Commander Sivari found them. "You're popular," he said, but only after delivering a very correct, very formal bow. "I didn't think they were going to let me in, and it's career-limiting to refuse a Commander of the Kings' Swords entry into any portion of Avantari. ACormaris," he added, bowing.

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#10. You don't get miracles. You can pray for them. You can wait for them. If you wait, life passes you by. You don't get miracles. If you're lucky, you get your life.

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