“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.”
― Fool's Errand
― 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.”
― Royal Assassin
― Royal Assassin
“the oppressed becomes the oppressor. All his talk about equality is mere eyewash.”
― Ajaya: Roll of the Dice
― Ajaya: Roll of the Dice
“Every era produces men who dare to dream the impossible. They are not perfect human beings or incarnations of Gods on our poor earth. They are mere mortals and have many faults. Many who tried, failed by a whisker, but that did not take away the sheen of their achievements.”
― Ajaya: Roll of the Dice
― Ajaya: Roll of the Dice
“A country that was able to suppress religion entirely and executed dissenters on the merest suspicion was unable to get welders to wear goggles. At”
― The Wilder Shores Of Marx: Journeys In A Vanishing World
― The Wilder Shores Of Marx: Journeys In A Vanishing World
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