Anand ram

“the oppressed becomes the oppressor. All his talk about equality is mere eyewash.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

“I wrote my histories and observations. I captured my thoughts and ideas and memories in words on vellum and paper. So much I stored, and thought it was mine. I believed that by fixing it down in words, I could force sense from all that had happened, that effect would follow cause, and the reason for each event come clear to me. Perhaps I sought to justify myself, not just all I had done, but who I had become. For years, I wrote faithfully nearly every evening, carefully explaining my world and my life to myself.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

“My head cleared, and suddenly I had heart to fight again, to ignore pain and damage, to fight! I swear I saw myself, face purpled from strangling, the rich blood streaming and soaking and the smell so maddening.”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

“If a man does not die of a wound, then it heals in some fashion, and so it is with loss.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand