“Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“You have to realistic about these things.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“But that was civilisation, so far as Logen could tell. People with nothing better to do, dreaming up ways to make easy things difficult.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become… at least they have one.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
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