Frases de Trudi Canavan

“Kyralia estaria muy bien gobernada, si gobernar fuera un delito”

“Era mejor evitar las heridas desde un principio que tener que tratarlas”

“Nunca le gustó mirar atrás. El pasado estaba repleto de malos recuerdos, y los buenos lo dejaban lleno de amargura”

“Lo único que se necesita en la vida es seguridad, conocimiento y mucho descaro.”

“En ocasiones, revelar la medida justa de la verdad era mejor que mentir descaradamente.”

“No solo mantengo conversaciones conmigo misma, sino que me niego a hablar conmigo. Deben de ser los primeros síntomas de la locura.”

“Todos somos esclavos, ama —replicó Vora—. Las mujeres. Los hombres, a su manera. No existe la libertad, solo diferentes tipos de esclavitud. Incluso un ashaki ve constreñidos sus actos por las restricciones que imponen la tradición y la política. Y el emperador es aún menos libre que ellos.”

“La gente y la tierra son lo mismo - solia decir su padre- si desatiendes una de las dos, la otra acaba pagando las consecuencias”

“Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second.
Sonea: I love you too.”

“It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.”

“There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit.
- Tayend”

“How am I going to make friends with these people if all I can think of is how easy it would be to rob them?”

“He had given her too much. He had given her everything.”

“Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.”

“Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.”

“Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.”

“What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.”

“Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.”

“Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?”

“If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.”

“Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.”