Joseph Brassey > Quotes

“Let us live, my friends, and in living, keep alive our hope for a world made better by our presence in it.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“Noble and brave. Gentle and kind.”
― Joseph Brassey, Dragon Road

“When you wanted to repress a people, hiring the vicious and destitute among them to exercise brutality over their fellows was a brilliant way to get the job done.”
― Joseph Brassey, Dragon Road

“security was warfare writ small, and that deterrence relied in no small part upon that same deceit.”
― Joseph Brassey, The Assassination of Orange: A Foreworld SideQuest

“Our lives have no meaning, Feronantus had said, except that which is given to them by our deeds, and by how our comrades remember us.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“He had even found himself praying for divine guidance on several occasions, though he was terrified of receiving any response from his queries.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“Feronantus did not put much credence in ghosts, though he was well aware of the power that faith could have on a man. Just as it could buttress his soul, faith could terrorize. If vengeful spirits came to drag a man down to Hell because he had strayed from the righteous path, then fleeing such foul visitors was merely a way to return to the proper path. Did it matter how a man let his faith guide him as long as he had faith in something?”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“She had been expected to learn the subtleties of court life, and while mastery of these arts would have never gained her freedom, they did make a difference in the quality of her slavery. Lian was good at reading people, at deciphering the silences between words as well as the tiny gestures and tics that betrayed everyone.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“story. I’d also like to acknowledge Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Nicole Galland, and Erik Bear, who helped lay the foundations of the story that we’ve taken a step”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“They’re just stories,” Illarion protested. Nika stepped closer to Illarion and peered into his eyes as if she were trying to see some flicker of light hidden deep within. “You know who she was,” she said softly. “From the stories. The witch with the leg of stone.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“These are not times for people of sound mind. When the world burns, those who stay safe in their houses die first.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“It is said that you are a ghost—a man with one foot still in the grave.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“Learn to appreciate those moments in life where little is demanded of you. They are often fleeting, and never to be taken for granted.”
― Joseph Brassey, The Assassination of Orange: A Foreworld SideQuest

“Some philosopher had once said that the wise man learns to win what he wants by appearing to lose what his enemy believes he wants.”
― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

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― Joseph Brassey, Katabasis

“People will kill to protect their favorite fables.”
― Joseph Brassey, Dragon Road