Performative Piety Quotes

“Who here can never say they have committed murder, whether in the name of the God or otherwise?”

I meet the High Saint’s eye by accident. It’s burning with holy reverence as he nods. Nothing wakes a High Saint up like reminding them that we are all sinners in the hands of the Merciful God. It’s like wine to them and they’ll drink it to the dregs.
“So it is and always is,” he intones gravely.
Sir Kodelai shoots him a quelling look and it’s hard not to laugh at how the piety of the one has ruined the performance of the other’s piety.”
― Sarah K.L. Wilson, Of Deeds Most Valiant