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For too long I have put my faith in believing that things would turn out as they should. I will not fall prey to those expectations again. Some things must be made certain before further risks can be taken.

She sat before me as ruler and judge, not friend. I had not expected to feel that loss so keenly.

I don`t think there is anything more frightening than to encounter the true will for self-destruction.

Sometimes all the choices are poor ones, Fitz, and still a man must choose.

He loved me. Worse, he believed in me. He believed that I had in me that strength and devotion to duty that had been the backbone of his life. Thus he could inflict on me things harder and colder than Regal`s hatred of me could imagine. His belief in me was such that he would not hesitate to plunge me into any battle, that he would expect any sacrifice of me.

Minstrels keep no secrets.

"I will be seeing the Queen about this." "A wise decision. If you wish to become her Fool, she is certainly the one you must see. But for now, let me show you something else. No, step back, please, so you can see it all. Here it comes." I heard the slam and the latch. "The outside of my door," the Fool announced gladly. "I painted it myself. Do you like it?"

People who know one another best know how to hurt one another best.

"For a long time now, nothing I`ve done has pleased you. Or Burrich. Or anyone. I can`t seem to make a good decision lately." "I`d concur with that," Chade agreet relentlessly. And it was back, the ember of my anger billowing into flame. "Perhaps because I`ve never been given the chance to make my own decisions. Perhaps because I`ve been everyone`s "boy" too long. Burrich`s stableboy, your apprentice assassin, Verity`s pet, Patience`s page. When did I get to be mine for me?"

Maybe I needed to get free of him. Of all he`d done for me, even when I didn`t want him to do it. He has to stop doing things I can never pay him back for. Things no man should do for another, sacrifices no man should make for another man. I don`t want to owe him anymore. I don`t want to owe anyone anything.

You can`t even imagine what you`ve taken away from me. <...> All with the best of intentions, always believing you were doing what was right, no matter how it hurt me.

Can`t you see there`s more to being alive than giving it all up for someone else?

Sometimes a man doesn`t know how badly he`s hurt until someone else probes the wound.

"I thought we had lost you. I thought we`d done something worse than let you die." His old arms were tight and strong around me. I was kind to the old man. I didn`t tell him that they had.

Just because a man can do a thing does not mean he should do a thing.

Время. Я был заключен в нем, в крошечном кусочке настоящего. Все эти "скоро" и "завтра" были призраками, готовыми в любой момент раствориться в небытии. Намерения ничего не означали. У меня не было ничего, кроме "сейчас".

Когда-то он был щенком, а теперь стал мне ровней. И другом. Некоторые говорят «собака» или «лошадь», как будто все они похожи друг на друга. Я слышал, как человек называл кобылу, которая прожила у него семь лет, «оно», словно говорил о кресле.

— Ты изменился, — с трудом проговорил я. — Неужели? Как я мог не измениться? Я думал, что ты умер, и вся моя жизнь потеряла смысл. И теперь вдруг получить обратно и тебя, и смысл моей жизни… Я открыл глаза, увидел тебя и подумал, что у меня сейчас сердце остановится, что безумие наконец овладело мною. Потом ты назвал меня по имени. Изменился, говоришь? Больше, чем ты можешь себе представить. И наверное, так же, как изменился ты сам. В эту ночь я по-настоящему узнал себя.

Никто не ответил на этот вопрос, который она задала сама себе. Внезапно она подняла глаза и обвиняюще посмотрела на нас с шутом: — Этого не может быть. Этого просто не может быть. Пророк и Изменяющий — почти мальчики. Желторотые птенцы, не обученные Скиллу, думающие только о прыжках, потасовках и любовных глупостях. И они должны спасти мир?