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While this started out slow, I ended up enjoying this volume in the Shadows of the Apt saga far more than I would have thought. Not only is the adventure focussed on some of the characters I am most fond of, but also the Commonweal is an interesting
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And thus, the Wallfacer Project produced a second idiom after the “Wallfacer smile.” Anything that was clearly absurd but which had to be done anyway was called “part of the Wallfacer plan,” or simply, “part of the plan.”
“But let me describe the characteristics of peace, my young friend. A pervasive dulling of the senses, a decadence afflicting the culture, evinced by a growing obsession with low entertainment. The virtues of extremity – honour, loyalty, sacrifice – are lifted high as shoddy icons, currency for the cheapest of labours. The longer peace lasts, the more those words are used, and the weaker they become. Sentimentality pervades daily life. All becomes a mockery of itself, and the spirit grows … restless.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets?”
― The Power and the Glory
― The Power and the Glory
“India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in.”
― The Girl of Ink and Stars
― The Girl of Ink and Stars
“Against all evidence, I keep thinking the assholes are outliers.”
― Babylon's Ashes
― Babylon's Ashes
“He wouldn’t miss the planet, but he would miss the people. Just like always.”
― Cibola Burn
― Cibola Burn
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