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Don’t bullshit your way through a briefing, his mentor had said. Points of ignorance are useful information in and of themselves.
“I thought if you told people facts, they'd draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But we don't run on facts. We run on stories about things. About people.”
― Babylon’s Ashes
― Babylon’s Ashes
“Your empire’s hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins and what parts of it don’t count.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“Do we have a plan?”
“A couple.” Jim said.
“Either of them good?”
“Oh, no. Not at all. Just different flavors of terrible.”
― Babylon’s Ashes
“A couple.” Jim said.
“Either of them good?”
“Oh, no. Not at all. Just different flavors of terrible.”
― Babylon’s Ashes
“You got now and you got the second your lights go out. Meantime is the only time there is. All that matters is what we do during it.”
― Leviathan Falls
― Leviathan Falls
“I absolutely believe that people are more good on balance than bad,” he said. “All the wars and all of the cruelty and all of the violence. I’m not looking away from any of that, and I still think there’s something beautiful about being what we are. History is soaked in blood. The future probably will be too. But for every atrocity, there’s a thousand small kindnesses that no one noticed. A hundred people who spent their lives loving and caring for each other. A few moments of real grace.”
― Leviathan Falls
― Leviathan Falls
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