“You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Life is too short and love is too long.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Her adept said: "I'll keep it off you. Nav, show them what the Ninth House does."
Gideon lifted her sword. The construct worked itself free of its last confines of masonry and rotten wood and heaved before them, flexing itself like a butterfly.
"We do bones, motherfucker," she said.”
― Gideon the Ninth
Gideon lifted her sword. The construct worked itself free of its last confines of masonry and rotten wood and heaved before them, flexing itself like a butterfly.
"We do bones, motherfucker," she said.”
― Gideon the Ninth
“You’re going to die spewing your own lungs out of your nostrils, having failed at the finish line because you couldn’t help but prattle about why you killed innocent people, as though your reasons were interesting …”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
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