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“People were all the same, really, when you got to the core of them, and Parisa always did.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“How do you kill what's already dead?
You revive it just to watch it rot.”
― Zeppazariel, Crimson Rivers

“The primary business of the Nova family, who controlled a magical media conglomerate, was beauty. It was grandeur. It was also all an illusion, every single bit of it, and Callum was the falsest illusion of all. He sold the commodity of vanity, and he was good at it. Better than good.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“As I imagine you could have done a great number of things during the period in which we spoke. How long would it have taken you to start a war, do you think? Or to end one?” He paused, and Callum said nothing. “Five minutes? Perhaps ten? How long would it have taken you to kill someone? To save a life? I admire what you have not done.” Atlas acknowledged, tilting his head with something of a beckoning glance, “but I do have to question why you haven’t done it.”
“Because I’d drive myself mad interfering with the world,” said Callum impatiently. “It requires a certain level of restraint to be what I am.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six