Elijah Schipper

“The ugliness of the world does not fade, nor are fear and grief made less by time, nor is any suffering forgotten.
We are only made stronger by its blows.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be weakness. Army yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Reputations are lies of consensus.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods

“It is not power that builds empires, that asserts order on the stars.
It is vision. Vision and the heroic will to act.
Where there is that vision, all else follows.
Where it is not, there is decadence, desperation, and decay.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods