“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
― Insurgent
― Insurgent
“Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.”
― A Mixture of Madness
― A Mixture of Madness
“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
“King Abgarus asked, “If I may, general, what weapon do you prefer?”
Crassus took no more than a moment to answer. “Overwhelming odds.”
― A Mixture of Madness
Crassus took no more than a moment to answer. “Overwhelming odds.”
― A Mixture of Madness
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