Hendrik

“The nature of all humankind was corrupt and there was nothing new under the sun.”
― Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne

“They say writing is a kind of death for the truth. Once something is written down, the logograms usurp the place of the ideas they represent and are mere shadows of. While a living voice can respond and adapt, the dead logograms stand mute, unable to answer an accusation or offer an apologia. Writing breeds hypocrisy because the clever may justify any barbarism by paying the writings of the sages ritualistic obeisance.”
― Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne

“Why must we mortals be compelled to aid the cause of death when death is guaranteed to be the final victor?”
― Ken Liu, Speaking Bones

“There's always a second act. Always.”
― Ken Liu, Speaking Bones