Brad Justice

“Worship the sacrifice they will make, for they make it in the name of compassion—the only cause worth fighting and dying for.”
― Steven Erikson, The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen

“ruling elites that were more preoccupied with waging wars and building monuments than they were with controlling infrastructure and agricultural production.”
― Christopher Seddon, Humans: from the beginning: From the first apes to the first cities

“but he intentionally courted dishonour, he rejoiced in contempt and disregard, for ‘he who is despised lies happy, freed of all attachment’.”
― Graham Hancock, Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

“The dangerous men were mostly still asleep, their blades sheathed next to their beds. The really dangerous men had been up for hours, and their quills and ledgers were getting hard use.”
― Daniel Polansky, Low Town