Quotes from book

Assassin's Apprentice

“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.”

“Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.”

“When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities.”

“How do you politely explain to someone that you had believed for years he was a moron as well as a Fool?
Fitz in Assassin's Apprentice”

“Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.”

“Learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all.”

“Utter loneliness was planted in me then, and sent its deep roots down into me.”

“When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.”

“Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you.”

“That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention.”

“My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak.”

“Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.”

“A simple question unlocks best.”

“People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you.”

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”

“It doesn't have to be that bad,' Chade said quietly. 'Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.”