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“The empire was not a terrible thing. Neither was it a wonderful thing. The empire simply 'was'. The people suffered its rule because they were comfortable with its little tyrannies. Corruption was inevitable. You lived with it. It was either that or accept the chaos of the unknown.”
― The Emperor's Soul
― The Emperor's Soul
“Why any woman give a shit what people think is a mystery to me.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“No matter how good you were, someone was better. Live by that knowledge, and you would never grow so confident that you became sloppy.”
― The Emperor's Soul
― The Emperor's Soul
“Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,” it said.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“But just as a vaccine company facing bankruptcy will ultimately survive not by making the world's greatest vaccine but, rather, the world's worst virus, so, too, did bodyguard and security firms need the world's most evil terrorists in order to prosper, not the greatest security experts. That was capitalism, Hanja understood how the world could curl around and bite its own tail like the uroboros serpent. And he knew how to translate that into business and extract the maximum revenue. There was no better business model than owning both the virus and the vaccine. With one hand you parceled out fear and instability, and with the other you guaranteed safety and peace. A business like that would never go under.”
― The Plotters
― The Plotters
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