“All decisions worthy of being called such result in change. Changes never occur without cost, and the greater the decision, the greater the cost. For this reason, all decisions cause pain and discomfort.”
― Alector's Choice
― Alector's Choice
“I know what you’re doing,” the wolf said. “This is advanced interrogation techniques, right? First you destroy my self-esteem and sense of individuality, then you force me to tell you where the pack hides out, so your woodcutter pals can come and slaughter us. Well, you’re wasting your breath. I won’t talk. I won’t talk. Got that?”
― The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
― The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
“If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“I promise you, Laurence, you piss them off enough, and they’ll make sweet music with your bones.”
― Star Splinter
― Star Splinter
“The problem for Rome was that its gold and silver reserves were finite; while the products that the Romans sought in eastern markets were renewable resources for the regimes that controlled production.”
― The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
― The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
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