Roran Garrowsson Quotes

“I’ve found there are very few fights you can’t win with a few whacks from a good, strong stick.”

“Misfortune always comes to those who wait.”

“What will happen will happen, and I won’t waste the time I have . . . worrying.”

“Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn’t worth any more than his, but he’s the one who’s buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?”

“Death is part of who we are. It guides us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end?”

“The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”

“A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed at any moment, and there’s not a blasted thing I can do about it.”

“Your tongue has grown as twisted as the roots of a fir tree. Speak not in riddles.”

“On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.”