Codex Alera Quotes & Sayings

Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed. — Jim Butcher

You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to think on. — Jim Butcher

Know your enemy. Know yourself. Only then may you achieve victory. — Jim Butcher

The Queen smiled with the tiniest twitch of a single corner of her mouth. "Why should I do that?"
"Because I'm coming," Octavian's image said, very quietly, "for you."
The Queen stood as unmoving as stone.
"When I'm finished," Octavian promised, "nothing will be left of your kind but stories. I will burn your homes. I will bury your warriors." His voice grew even softer. "I will blacken your sky with crows. — Jim Butcher