“And the moral high ground is a lovely place,” Marwick said, as if he were agreeing. “It won’t stop a missile, though.”
― Cibola Burn
― Cibola Burn
“In his opinion, faith was generally for people who were bad at math.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“Your empire’s hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins and what parts of it don’t count.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“That seemed to be the human pattern—reach out to the unknown and then make it into the sort of thing you left in the first place.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“I actually read history. It’s like reading prophecy, you know.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
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