Brian Falconer

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

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

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

“We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we then attach to it a value, we guard the giving of it, believing it must be earned, T’lan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the word. It must be given freely. In abundance.”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice