Trying," he said at last, "is good. It always is. But failing? Everyone fails, one time or another. It's how you deal with failure that counts, in th….

If life were fair, we would never have suffered what we suffered at all; having suffered it and survived, we're still reacting to things that don't e….

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain..

We all fail. But none of us fail all the time..

Maybe home is something we have to make, and remake, over and over..

What humans do when they're desperate is just an expression of fear. What they do when they feel safe is a better indication of whether or not you ca….

Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their li….

In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But that disavowal, t….

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath.

It was true: hope could be unkind. You opened yourself up to the worst of wounds because you wanted to believe that something good could finally happ….

There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be….

Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Don’t let it devour you..

History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth..

Stop judging your life only by the failures..

Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself..

You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods..

i'm never going to understand the Barrani." "You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either." "Yes, but I'm unl….

Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other..

You are an... animal? A talking animal?" Without missing a beat, Teela said, "Of course not. She's much, much harder to train..

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common ….

Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling..