Mateo

“How do you tell an angel she’s wrong for calling you a monster?”
― Jason Anspach, Wayward Galaxy 5

“Dafyd is asking the Carryx about the execution of the old Human librarian. The Carryx replied:

"There was no punishment. There is no punishment. That one was given great honor, being touched by the Sovran. But it was saved by an animal. There is no place in the moieties for a Carryx that was saved by an animal. Do you understand?”
― James S.A. Corey, The Mercy of Gods

“I pity the man who does not respect the power of women.”
― John A. Heldt, River Rising

“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself. (Zosima’s advice to Fyodor Pavlovich)”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov