To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.
It’s a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it. ” Like a stage?” Evanlyn suggested. “Maybe they’re planning to put on a play?” Or an execution,” Horace said.
[Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'. . . 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now. ' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right.
Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently they constantly feel the need to get the better of their masters. They’re bad enough when they’re learning. But when they graduate, they become unbearable. [The Kings of Clonmel Pg. 268]
But. . . what if I mistime it?" Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders. " Horace and Gilan
You're dropping the bow hand as you release," he called, although Halt certainly wasn't. His mentor looked around, saw him, and replied pithily, "I believe your grandmother needs lessons in sucking eggs.
All we could get out of them was that they were taking us to 'Kurokuma'. We didn't know if that was a place or a person. What does it mean, by the way?' 'I'm told it's a term of great respect,' Horace said, unwilling to admit that he didn't know.
I used to have a little whisky before I went on stage. I realized that could have slowly turned into something a bit more serious. I get hyped up. I also think doing it a lot, you get used to it. You get more confidence. It's confidence building, really.
There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.
Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its unspeakable horrors. This collective suffering has brought upon a readiness in many human beings for the evolutionary leap that is spiritual awakening.
A success unshared is a failure.