Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources. Guy Gavriel Kay More Quotes by Guy Gavriel Kay More Quotes From Guy Gavriel Kay Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross. Guy Gavriel Kay longing shapes bridges The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was. Guy Gavriel Kay cups poison world We must be what we are, or we become our enemies. Guy Gavriel Kay enemy One man sees a riselka: his life forks there. Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die. Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die. One woman sees a riselka: her path comes clear to her. Two women see a riselka: one of them shall bear a child. Three women see a riselka: one is blessed, one is clear, one shall bear a child. Guy Gavriel Kay blessed men children There was some sadness in how that could happen, Tai thought: falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had? But if you didn't change at least a little, where were the passages of a life? Didn't learning, changing, sometimes mean letting go of what had once been seen as true? Guy Gavriel Kay falling-in-love sadness letting-go Unless the perfidious wolves have the temerity to disobey the High King's plans, we should meet Shalhassan's forces by the Latham in mid-wood with the wolves between us. If they aren't,' Diarmuid concluded, 'we blame anyone and everything except the plan. Guy Gavriel Kay blame woods kings Ice is for death and endings. Guy Gavriel Kay ice Do you know the wish of your heart?" - The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay wish knows heart Dave hung up. And unplugged the phone. With a fierce and bitter pain he stared at it, watching how, over and over again, it didn't ring. Guy Gavriel Kay bitter phones pain Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had. Guy Gavriel Kay conclusion sometimes most hated by the dark, for their name is light. Guy Gavriel Kay light names dark The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down. Guy Gavriel Kay desert moon men I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people. Guy Gavriel Kay novel people interesting It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree Guy Gavriel Kay knowing real tree Irritation for some men was their response to strain. Guy Gavriel Kay response irritation men The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled. Guy Gavriel Kay understood roles military You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery. Guy Gavriel Kay bravery Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale. Guy Gavriel Kay stale pleasure becoming Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war. Guy Gavriel Kay ends sometimes war It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth. Guy Gavriel Kay long looks world