Maximilian Birkl
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Memorial
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And PEDAEUS the unwanted one The mistake of his father’s mistress Felt the hot shock in his neck of Meges’ spear Unswallowable sore throat of metal in his mouth Right through his teeth He died biting down on the spearhead
“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
“Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“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
“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
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