A.D. Sui > Quotes

“Because blame points the anger. It gives it a target,”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Memory was a lying thing.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Despite countless decades lived, there were never enough years, never enough time with oneself, never enough time with others.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Why are you asking me? Go, do whatever it is you do. Don’t come back complaining if something kills you.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Alas, we were never meant to live in the future we were carving from the decaying carcass of your empire.”
― A.D. Sui, The Dragonfly Gambit

“Coincidence is the cadence of the universe, the metronome of the invisible flow of the Light. Where there is coincidence, there is unseen order, if one would only listen to it, and in that order, find many answers.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“from them as well? “Everything will eventually wither, Dr. Alo,” Iris said, reverent. “It’s what we are now that matters. And for now, these flowers are beautiful.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“We convince ourselves that as long as we’re angry with ourselves, as long as we blame ourselves, whatever it is we’re blaming ourselves for, we won’t forget it. We’re making someone pay. Justice is being served.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Grief and anger were the closest friends Iris had ever known, and he knew them to always travel in a pair.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“I’m especially worried about morale.” “I could lead a prayer,” Iris blurted out and immediately felt like an idiot. “It’s like you’re not even trying, Vessel.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

“Many words brought many troubles with them. They formed cracks in the meaning through which misinterpretations could flow, flow to favour anyone who drank them.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra