“But what you seek is how wars are won. Through cunning and precise actions before a single piece of armor is pierced on the battlefield. It is no less harsh, but it is not brutal. What is, is the morality of fools. The choice to make war instead of going after only those who have made the decisions that created the conflict. That is brutality.”
― Born of Blood and Ash
― Born of Blood and Ash
“Do you really believe people are so isolated that when they’re gone, nothing grows in their place? To really kill something, you have to kill everything.”
― One for My Enemy
― One for My Enemy
“The universe spoke a language, if you were paying close enough attention. Many languages, even. Stars, leaves, flowers, cards, dirt-- the universe was constantly spelling things out, though people rarely listened.”
― One for My Enemy
― One for My Enemy
“She did not feel the cold as she sank into a sea that had no bottom, no horizon, no surface. But she felt the burning. Immortality was not a serene youth. It was fire.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
“If she were to paint him, she thought, nobody would even believe her.”
― Alone with You in the Ether
― Alone with You in the Ether
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