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A large hand closed on his upper arm, and before Baruk could react, Lord Anomander Rake stepped forward. “I offer my services as second,” he said loudly. He met Rallick’s eyes. The assassin betrayed nothing, not once looking at Baruk. He answered Rake’s offer with a nod. “Perhaps,” Turban Orr sneered, “the two strangers know each other.” “We’ve never met,” Rake said. “However, I find myself instinctively sharing his distaste for your endless talk, Councilman. Thus I seek to avoid a Council debate on who will be this man’s second. Shall we proceed?”
Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson
A second possible way of becoming attached to samādhi is through pride – believing that we are somehow special because we can experience, even at will, such states of bliss and peace. But this kind of pride usually does not last very long at all. With dedicated practice and a minimum of intelligent attention, a meditator sees fairly quickly that samādhi is essentially dependent on the right conditions coming together in the mind and body.
Seeing That Frees
Rob Burbea
She tried to draw the pain inside her, to drink it in like breath. Pain was as much a part of life as breathing. That was how the Aiel saw life.
Knife of Dreams
Robert Jordan
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