“You should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think they should want out of life.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“Janala is a fool, just bright enough to be proud of the wits she has, but stupid enough to be unaware of how outmatched they are.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“In my painful experience, the truth may be simple, but it is rarely easy.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“But it’s not a matter of morality, is it? It’s a matter of thresholds. How many guilty may be punished before you’d accept one innocent casualty? A thousand? Ten thousand? A hundred? When you consider, all calculations are meaningless except one. Has more good been done than evil? If so, then the law has done its job. And so … I must hang all four men.” He paused. “And I would weep, every night, for having done it.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
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