Nate Ru$$ell

“I grow old in the company of youthful ghosts.”
― Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel

“What is a poison to the simple may be a liquor to the wise.”
― Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel

“You could resent yourself for your imperfect enjoyment of your life, but that seems to me like a never-ending chore. A thankless one, too. I think that if we really knew how good our lives were while they were good, we’d be too scared to do anything, change anything. We’d never take a risk, or explore, or grow. You can hate yourself for not fully appreciating your happy days while you had them, or you could look back and be warmed by the memory, couldn’t you?”
― Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel

“Amateurs obsess over strategy, Irjah had once told their class. Professionals obsess over logistics”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War