Paran Quotes

#1. Paran flicked his gaze to his weapon, glared back up and around at the warriors, then his eyes returned to Chance. And stayed there.

Steven Erikson

#2. Paran's head snapped around. His eyes glittered.

Steven Erikson

#3. A man possessing power must act decisively, Ganoes Paran, else it would trickle away through his fingers.

Steven Erikson

#4. The Claw smiled. You have begun to learn, Paran. Never be too easy with the knowledge you possess. Words are like coin - it pays to hoard.

Steven Erikson

#5. The gods have been kicking us around for a long time. When do we say enough?'
'And in their absence, High Fist, will we manage things any better?'
'No,' Paran said, walking past him 'but at least then we won't have the option of blaming someone else.

Steven Erikson

#6. The girl stopped to regard him, her small round face slowly coming to mirror Paran's own frown.

Steven Erikson

#7. Words are like coin - it pays to hoard."
"Until you die on a bed of gold," Paran said.

Steven Erikson

#8. What frightened Paran most, these days, was that he had grown used to being used. He'd been someone else so many times that he saw a thousand faces, heard a thousand voices, all at war with his own.

Steven Erikson

#9. The air swirled into darkness around Paran. He blinked, saw the trees of the estate garden rising before him.

Steven Erikson

#10. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

Walter Lippmann

#11. Choose between dying of hunger or a bullet to the head. This means you either suffer without food or get killed

Marcela Valdes

#12. Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our own interest, can make ourselves believe that reasons exist which compel us to it as a duty.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#13. Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.

William Barclay

#14. CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

Derek Magyar