“The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.”
― Children and Fire
― Children and Fire
“...though nothing is damaged, everything is changed.”
― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
“Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki...”
― Hannibal Rising
― Hannibal Rising
“Everyone always has to have the rational, scientific explanation for something, even if it's so obviously wrong you could scream.”
― Deep Secret
― Deep Secret
“A Guards regiment, eh, Comrade Colonel? These tit-sucking children could not guard a Turkish whorehouse; much less do anything worthwhile inside of it!”
While commenting on how unprepared his troops are. -Alekseyev”
― Red Storm Rising
While commenting on how unprepared his troops are. -Alekseyev”
― Red Storm Rising
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