Chris Northern > Quotes

“My dear friend, do you feel how cold it is in here? Don't you think that if I had a penny to my name I would send my man directly to you with every coin?” “No, I think you would drink it.” Some of my creditors know me too well. I dropped the pretense of friendship. There really is no point in being polite to people who are willing to come to your home and pester you for money.”
― Chris Northern, The Last King's Amulet

“Freedom should be tempered by others,” Dubaku took up my thoughts. “The price of freedom is loneliness.” I turned the idea around in my mind. Saw the truth of it. Only in complete isolation, or with complete disregard for others could you be truly free. Loneliness would be the price of that.”
― Chris Northern, All The King's Bastards

“Meran was possibly the ugliest human being I have ever encountered. His naturally misshapen features are enhanced by a patina of burn scars on one side and a long scar from a cavalry sword on the other; the blow from the saber (one of ours) also took out an eye. Still, he'd been cheap and had made himself indispensable once he had had the language beaten into him.”
― Chris Northern, The Last King's Amulet

“Governments are a necessary evil. Just because something is necessary doesn't mean you should pretend that it is a good thing. Governments cannot do good, it is against their nature; it is beyond their ability; so curb them and curb the evil that they do.”
― Chris Northern, The Invisible Hand