Brian Falconer

“He could be human, in that last moment. He could exalt in his ability to destroy.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

“Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun.”
― Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire

“Rao rao, Bully Boy, rao”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms