The Forgetting Moon Quotes

“In life, as in war, more is lost when hope dies, than by a cold steel and slaughter. —”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Trust is fleeting, while betrayal is timeless. Alas, life is crowded with lies. So be bloody, be brave, be happy. For at the end of every tale, nobody is who they seem to be. . . . —”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Face all challenges. Never run away from them. Especially if you are in the right.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Shawcroft stopped working and stared down at him. “The mountains hold music and magic for those who listen. And someday you will learn there are curious things hidden in the dirtier and darker places of this land. So keep sifting.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Can a woman love two men at once?”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“In life, as in war, more is lost when hope dies, than by a cold steel and slaughter.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“The Five Isles are drenched in secret history, every castle smothered in intrigue and steeped in lore, and every carving on every standing-stone has roots in the past. Hence, that secret past survives, always clawing to the surface, breathing, growing, like a living thing, never resting, always clawing, clawing in the deep.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Nail was soon suspended a mere twenty feet or so above the ocean’s surface. He was ripe with fear at the thought of being dunked in with the sharks and merfolk.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Soon there were more sharks weaving just under the surface, fins ducking in and out of the water. Though considerably smaller than the grayken, these stark, graceful ghosts of the sea left a deadly aura in their wake.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“My honor will never need defending,” Seita said, a distant tone in her voice. “But I fear the arena changes every man in Amadon. The whole city has gone gladiator mad; every man wants to defend honor. Every man wants to prove the rightness of his cause by throwing a challenge. They have more regard for a bit of honor than any hundred lives. To place personal honor or the defense against insult above the safety of those around you is the behavior of an oghul raider—or worse yet, the behavior of kings, princes, councillors, and archbishops. As if Laijon truly cares who wins.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“But worst of all creatures found in the Five Isles are the merfolk—beautiful and shocking to behold, dangerous beyond measure. They will rape you and they will eat you. For they are the most vile of all living things. —THE WAY AND TRUTH OF LAIJON”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“For that which was taken in blood, can only be regained in blood,”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“For in the end, do any of us know who we truly are? Do any of us ever show our true selves to the world?”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Many things are found hidden beneath the ground. Men and kings and ancient warriors and the weapons they forged. All are eventually buried.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“human cruelty was to never be underestimated, always to be believed in,”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“No one belief system should be trusted.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“if a man wasn’t killed in war, then that man’s mind, spirit, and emotions decayed, or, even worse, were willfully buried because of it.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Seasickness will dehydrate a fellow. Make your mouth feel as dry as a fat man’s titty.” Jenko”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon