Maximilian Birkl
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I am fully aware of the approaching calamity, do you think me so stupid? But you do not consider the social implications of your actions, you never have. All you will achieve is to frighten the herd.
“He didn’t even ask me to explain. That was the kind of guy he was. He and I had grown up on the same street. I’d spotted him for mince pies all the time as kids, so stands to reason he let me cut off his arm and carried a nuke for me.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Palamedes remembers everything: That was his problem.
I always remember him. That’s mine.”
― The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
I always remember him. That’s mine.”
― The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
“They're monsters! I know! I was at Golyn Nis! I lay amid the corpses for days! But you-" Kitay swallowed, choking on his words. "You turned around and did the exact same thing. Civilians. Innocents. Children, Rin. You just buried an entire country and you don't feel a thing.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“She was like, Oh, my God, you’re drinking, aren’t you. You’re on amphetamines. You are on coke. You are on amphetamines and coke. I was all, Yeah…Coke Zero. She didn’t laugh. I laughed.
He said, I guess I’ve always thought any pun was automatically funny.”
― Nona the Ninth
He said, I guess I’ve always thought any pun was automatically funny.”
― Nona the Ninth
“To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles—this they name empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
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