I'm not used to being at a loss for words.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.

—Bree Despain in The Dark Divine

As terrible as the truth was, there was something restful about it.

—Bree Despain in The Dark Divine

If you have the ability and the opportunity to help someone, but you don't do anything just because you're scared or it's inconvenient or something, then maybe you're just as bad as the people who caused the trouble in the first place.

—Bree Despain in The Lost Saint

Every moment that passes and I am stuck in this room is a moment that I am not working toward accomplishing my quest. Waiting is not acting. And not acting is akin to failing. How can I wait anymore?

—Bree Despain in The Shadow Prince

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

—Mark Twain

I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken.

—Tammara Webber in Where You Are

Our words are buttressed by our deeds, and our deeds are inspired by our convictions.

—Theodore Hesburgh

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

—Samuel Butler

You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.

—Charles Haddon Spurgeon