Sebastien De Castell Quotes & Sayings

That's what being free means - not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to take a stand and say what you'll die for. — Sebastien De Castell

Gods, man, don't you start now,' I said softly. 'We're going to get a terrible reputation if we just keep travelling across the countryside crying all the time. — Sebastien De Castell

Why is life so much easier to live when people are trying to take it from you than when you're forced to actually live it? — Sebastien De Castell

Every society has atrocities in its past, Kellen. Do you think the Daroman empire was built on nothing but courage and military brilliance?
pg 266 — Sebastien De Castell

History is written by the victors,' she said, 'but the truth has a way of revealing itself. — Sebastien De Castell

When you're fighting a crowd, it's good to shout potentially threatening things like "Crossbows!" or "Fire!" or "Giant Flying Cat!" every once in a while. — Sebastien De Castell

Everyone shush now,' I said, taking a step towards the guards. 'I'm about to be impressive. — Sebastien De Castell

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats. — Sebastien De Castell

If Kest ever becomes a Saint, the transcendent expression of an ideal, he's going to be Saint Kest-who-never-fucking-learns. — Sebastien De Castell

I don't know how well I can fight, or run, or judge, but when the blade comes, I swear on whatever they want me to swear on, I'll stop it, with my body if nothing else. — Sebastien De Castell

Never trust a man who brings a hundred soldiers to a wedding — Sebastien De Castell

I'm a woman, kid. You probably haven't met one before, coming as you do from this backward place, but it's like a man only smarter and with bigger balls. — Sebastien De Castell

I rolled my eyes at Kest. We'd heard this lecture many times before, but Trin hadn't, so she stepped right into it.
"Is it really so hard?" She asked
"My dear, not one man in a hundred can be a proper archer. And not one in ten thousand can become a master."
"And you are one? A master archer, i mean?"
Brasti smiled and contemplated the nails of his right hand. "One might fairly say so, i believe."
"One says so frequently," I observed. — Sebastien De Castell

Some deaths are worse than others. The one you go to is the worst of all. — Sebastien De Castell

She turned back to the rest of us. "They've taken it all," she said. "They've taken every last good thing in the world."
Then she swung the door wide. "Now go and show them your answer. — Sebastien De Castell

He'd told me the world could be the most lovely place you could imagine, so long as your imagination was fueled by love. — Sebastien De Castell

It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better. — Sebastien De Castell

Another trap. Never let yourself be tricked into comparing one woman with all others; it rarely turns out well. — Sebastien De Castell

I walked over and hugged him, knowing it would only make things worse for him. I don't get that many chances to torture Brasti. — Sebastien De Castell

I wondered, not for the first time, that the world could bear the weight of so many foul people. "Besides, — Sebastien De Castell

We all got ugliness inside us, Kellen. Yours is worse? Then fight harder. Figure it out. But don't you ever pretend you don't have a choice. — Sebastien De Castell

I suppose "cartographer" is as good a description as any, but the Argosi do not draw maps of places, but rather of people... cultures.' She tapped the deck in my hand. 'You understand the meaning of the suits? ... look more closely at the individual cards and you'll see that the particular design on each card reflects part of the fundamental power structure of that society.'
pg 79 — Sebastien De Castell

Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish. — Sebastien De Castell

If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard? — Sebastien De Castell

However much this annoyed me, it is accepted practice for a duellist's supporters to cheer them on- in fact, i was entitled to similar outbursts from my own admirers.
'This Undriel fellow really is remarkably skilled,'Kest remarked.
Undriel. That was the bastard's name.
Brasti came to my defence, after a fashion. 'It's not Falcio's fault. He's getting old. And slow. Also, i think he might be getting fat. Just look at him- barely four months since he beat Shuran and already he's half the man he once was.'
Always nice to have friends nearby in troubled times, i thought, batting at Undriel's blade with a clumsy parry that was testament to my increasing exhaustion. — Sebastien De Castell

When you see the world outside your home town, outside the walls of what you were brought up to see, then you discover that you almost never know if you're dong the right thing. One action, brave and true, leads to war and destruction. Another, craven and greedy, leads to peace and prosperity.
pg 197 — Sebastien De Castell

Nehra frowned. "Do you always run headlong into certain death?" "Sometimes he walks," Dariana said. "Occasionally he shuffles. Once I'm pretty sure I saw him amble into certain death." Nehra rolled her eyes. "You risk your lives on foolish odds. — Sebastien De Castell

... he had known darkness and despair, and emerged determined to light candles for everyone else. — Sebastien De Castell

The archer is the true weapon; the bow is just a long piece of wood. — Sebastien De Castell

Despite my repeated attempts, my hands refused to reach out and wrap themselves around Brasti's throat. The — Sebastien De Castell

Your ancient enemy is basically just a really, really big squirrel — Sebastien De Castell

I must have encountered the Duke somewhere on the road because I was carrying a sack with me and his head was in it. — Sebastien De Castell

But no man is all one thing; none of us are pure in our beliefs or our devotions. We are all bound by the frailties of our humanity, some of which feed our hatred, some of which, very occasionally, make us want to be something better. — Sebastien De Castell

What if I'd never found her? What if Patriana had managed to kill all your so-called 'Charoites'? And who in all the hells calls their bastards 'Charoites' anyway? Was it really that important to make sure I had no damned idea what you'd sent me to do? What about the other Greatcoats? Are they all wandering the country trying to make sense of the last command you gave each of them? — Sebastien De Castell

First thing you learn wandering the long roads, kid. Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story.
Pg328 — Sebastien De Castell