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…

- Michelle Sagara

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

- Michelle Sagara

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…

- Michelle Sagara

Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

- Michelle Sagara

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…

- Michelle Sagara

Stop judging your life only by the failures.

- Michelle Sagara

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…

- Michelle Sagara

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.

- Michelle Sagara

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

- Michelle Sagara