Alex

“The Empress expects obedience of her servants, and demands loyalty.’ ‘Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“Consider little children. There are not many of them not cute and lovable and precious, sweet as whipped honey and butter. So where do all the wicked people come from?”
― Glen Cook, The Black Company

“Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come”
― C.S. Lewis

“Self-righteous wrath had planted more corpses in the ground than an empire could lay claim to,”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon