Unperturbed Quotes

“Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Killing is why I exist," she said finally. "It is my only love. I used to struggle with my temper, but now I embrace it. You cannot fathom how many I have slain, both mortal and Folk. Why should a little nothing like you be the end of me?"
"You know why," I said. "Because it would be a fitting conclusion."
She gave me the sort of look that reminded me of Razkarden when he sizes up a potential meal. The shadow in the room seemed to deepen, redden, and grow damp, a slippery damp I felt through my shoes. I only waited. "Well?" I said.
She seemed to deflate slightly, and the illusion vanished. "You wish to find the door to Death?" she said, a slyness entering her voice. "Very well. I will tell you how. But I must be allowed to depart this realm unharmed."
I could see she expected me to protest or bargain with her. "Done," I said.
Her lip curled. "Such a dull little thing," she said. "You have no spirit worth breaking, I see. You are not like your grandfather at all."
"And you are not as frightening as you think you are," I said.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales