A song she heardOf cold that gathersLike winter's tongueAmong the shadowsIt rose like blacknessIn the skyThat on volcano'sVomit riseA Stone of ruinFrom burn to chillLike black moonriseHer voice fell still... - Robert Fanney
Vanye: You're asking me to kill you.Luthiel: I'm asking you to save her. - Robert Fanney
To all those women -- strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you. - Robert Fanney
Courage is not the absence of fear or despair; it is the capacity to continue on despite them, no matter how great or overwhelming they become. - Robert Fanney
I'd say we're all just ghosts on a wire seeking the prick of an electric thought. - Robert Fanney
Rise, Luthiel, in the name of love you came and in the name of love I crown you! - Robert Fanney
Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most of all. And so it is the duty of the just to defy dominance and to challenge control. - Robert Fanney
Someone smashed a flutterfler and without even thinking she touched her Stone and used Wyrd to piece its broken body back together. She filled its empty vessels with dreams and it became the stuff it used for blood. It brushed her cheek with its wings, then flew off -- dancing in the hot air. - Robert Fanney
Wars are won in the will. - Robert Fanney
In the depth a light will grow,A silver shine no shadows know, Like wings unfolding in the sky,That circle 'round a gleaming eye,Turning darkness all away,Even depths will know their day,For every shadow has its end,In light!Life will return again! - Robert Fanney
We must be careful what we imagine, fear, or hope for. The echoes of our thought live on in eternity. - Robert Fanney
May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you... - Robert Fanney
Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make them real. - Robert Fanney
Mithorden: 'We become what we do, Zalos. - Robert Fanney
It is the curse of the powerful to be blind to their own faults. - Robert Fanney
A genius is someone who takes a complex thing and makes it look simple. An academic does the opposite. - Robert Fanney
If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing. - Robert Fanney
Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief. - Robert Fanney
In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed. - Robert Fanney
Silent. So it should be. You have no place in this world, Luthiel. And there is no other.' Zalos reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair. 'Bright songs and the magic of hope are but a dangerous illusion. The fake comfort of witches charms. - Robert Fanney