Like many men not overly encumbered by intelligence, he had a great deal of cunning in avoiding personal unpleasantness.
“Traditions were trampled. Mandarin manners were disdained. Vulgarity was victorious! Chaos in all her old glory had come again to Kirinmoir.”
― The Citadel of Forgotten Myths
― The Citadel of Forgotten Myths
“I’ve heard that said about outlanders and enemies before, and I don’t generally trust it. Just too bloody convenient, the quick and easy way to deal with difference. Oh, they’re not like us, they’re insane. It saves you having to think too much.”
― The Steel Remains
― The Steel Remains
“They were stupid!” he got out through clenched fangs. “Stupid and blind and limited! And I tried to tell them! I said everything I could to show how murderous and merciless and terrible you—we—you are! But they thought they knew best. They had to challenge you. They dared encroach on the world of humanity. And that means death. I know that now. It always means death.”
― Spiderlight
― Spiderlight
“There are some arenas so corrupt that the only clean acts possible are nihilistic.”
― Altered Carbon
― Altered Carbon
“You should have heard the boatman who brought me up here from the Glades. Fire in the northern sky, lights in the marshes, a black dog heard barking through the night. Doesn’t occur to anyone to wonder how exactly you can tell it’s a black dog just from the fucking bark it makes.”
― The Steel Remains
― The Steel Remains
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