David Anthony Durham Quotes

They fed him a diet made up entirely of knowledge.

Very little of what he learned of people’s actions began or ended with either the noble ideals or the fiendish wickedness he had been taught lay behind all great struggles. There was something comforting in this.

I sleep lightly and tread to keep my head out of the sea of dreams.

When she spread her wings and leaped screeching into the air she had not the slightest doubt that every hand below her would stretch to catch her. And if one could leap from a height with no fear of falling, could one not be said to possess the secret of flight? Just like a bird, just like a god.

Imagine, they said, living an existence where the words out of your mouth changed the very fabric of the world around you.