Top 50 Sebastien de Castell Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “History is written by the victors,’ she said, ’but the truth has a way of revealing itself.”

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2. “The archer is the true weapon; the bow is just a long piece of wood.”

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3. “Here endeth the lesson, kid.”

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4. “He said all lovers had their own secret language, even if they didn’t know it at first, and that there was no greater joy than a life spent learning it together.”

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5. “Jealousy. Smells like regret only more bitter.”

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6. “Everyone shush now,’ I said, taking a step towards the guards. ‘I’m about to be impressive.”

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7. “That’s right i was turning into ferius parfax.”

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8. “But power – and here’s the lesson you get for free, boy – power without humility is an arrow that destroys everything in its path, piercing one life after another until only at the very end does it return to slay the archer who fired it.”

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9. “That’s what being free means – not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to take a stand and say what you’ll die for.”

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10. “If you’ve never seen a squirrel cat before, picture a mean-faced cat with a big bushy tail and thin furry flaps of skin between his front and back legs that let him glide through the air in a fashion that somehow looks both ridiculous and terrifying.”

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11. “It’s like walking through the gates of the greatest city in the world. The one that can’t exist because no architect could ever conceive of it. The one you’d never think twice of giving your life to protect, because though you know that once you’ve died defending its walls, your spirit will always be part of it.”

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12. “I’m going to go murder something.’ ‘It’s called hunting, you know.’ ‘Not the way I do it.”

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13. “Ferious offered up a sardonic smile. “Not everybody hates you, kid. There are entire countries full of people who haven’t met you yet.”

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14. “When you’re fighting a crowd, it’s good to shout potentially threatening things like “Crossbows!” or “Fire!” or “Giant Flying Cat!” every once in a while. When people are in the middle of a battle they’ll look more often than not, and in this kind of fight, every second is a chance to do some damage and otherwise avoid the inevitable. I.”

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15. “A woman. It’s like a man only smarter and with bigger balls.”

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16. “I’ve discovered that a death sentence can be somewhat liberating for someone who’s spent their life curtsying.”

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17. “Words matter. Without words you can’t have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.”

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18. “But no man is all one thing; none of us are pure in our beliefs or our devotions. We are all bound by the frailties of our humanity, some of which feed our hatred, some of which, very occasionally, make us want to be something better.”

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19. “See, I wasn’t born to be an outlaw. Probably wasn’t built for any of this. But whatever life lay ahead of me was mine, paid for in full, and every point of light in the sky above was another path for me to follow. And there sure are a lot of stars up there.”

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20. “I’m a woman, kid. You probably haven’t met one before, coming as you do from this backward place, but it’s like a man only smarter and with bigger balls.”

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21. “The First Law is that men are free, for without the freedom to choose, men cannot serve their heart, and without heart they cannot serve their Gods, their Saints, or their King.”

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22. “First thing you learn wandering the long roads, kid. Everyone thinks they’re the hero of their own story.”

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23. “Chitra ignored the question, instead collapsing next to Reichis. She extended a paw and placed it on his muzzle. “He will be so full of anger, this one. You must be his caution, as he will be your courage. You will teach him when to flee and he will teach you when to fight.”

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24. “Why is life so much easier to live when people are trying to take it from you than when you’re forced to actually live it?”

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25. “Back at the oasis you told me that one day I’d figure out I was special... I’m done waiting. – Nephenia.”

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26. “All right, you hairless skinbag sons of bitches. Which one of you wants it first? – Reichis.”

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27. “Ah, you fool. Dying isn’t sacrifice. Haven’t you figured that out yet? All those years of trying to get yourself killed in battle? That ain’t sacrifice, boy. That’s self-loathing. It’s gleeful suicide. It’s vanity.”

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28. “There’s a sad truth about magic: the guy who’s got more of it almost always wins. It’s not like being strong, because a strong man can still be slow. And it’s not like being fast either, because a quick opponent might still make stupid mistakes. Casting a proper spell? It takes power, speed, precision and a mind disciplined enough to envision complex esoteric geometries.”

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29. “Despite my repeated attempts, my hands refused to reach out and wrap themselves around Brasti’s throat. The.”

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30. “Our nation is weakened by a system that breeds a visceral hatred so deep that most people would as soon see the world burn as stay as it is, but lack the will to try and change it.”

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31. “I must have encountered the Duke somewhere on the road because I was carrying a sack with me and his head was in it.”

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32. “Never trust a man who brings a hundred soldiers to a wedding.”

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33. “It’s stories that inspire people to change. It’s stories that make them believe things can be better.”

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34. “Another trap. Never let yourself be tricked into comparing one woman with all others; it rarely turns out well.”

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35. “Dwelling on all the bad things that didn’t even come to pass only makes it harder to celebrate that fact. Stop being so scared about yesterday – it only makes you forget to appreciate today.”

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36. “He’d told me the world could be the most lovely place you could imagine, so long as your imagination was fueled by love.”

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37. “We are such a small people. For all our magic, we’re scared, paranoid little children trying to protect ourselves from the bullies of the world by becoming bigger bullies ourselves.”

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38. “There’s a trick to fighting on the deck of a ship. I don’t know what it is, but I fully intend to find out one day.”

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39. “It’s called the Way of Water, Dexan. You tried to kill me, so now I get to keep your hat. – Kellen.”

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40. “We don’t always get to be who we want to be, do we?”

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41. “Every society has atrocities in its past, Kellen. Do you think the Daroman empire was built on nothing but courage and military brilliance?”

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42. “We all got ugliness inside us, Kellen. Yours is worse? Then fight harder. Figure it out. But don’t you ever pretend you don’t have a choice.”

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43. “You’re Mahdek. – Kellen, to Ferius.”

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44. “Your ancient enemy is basically just a really, really big squirrel.”

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45. “Books make good friends sometimes, Falcio.’ He clapped me on the shoulder. ‘Take as many as you like from the library.”

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46. “Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish.”

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47. “Maybe that’s why wars keep happening; they kill off so many people it becomes easy to forget what really happened, and all that’s left is to make up stories about it.”

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48. “Trust your memory to tell you where the target is. Trust your hand to remember how to throw. And most of all, trust your heart to lead you straight.”

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49. “Let the meanderings of other lives pass you by, kid. There ain’t nothing you need to give them, or take from them neither.”

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50. “I’m afraid there is a great deal of difference between not doing something and not being responsible for it.”

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