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First kindle read thanks to @lindsey

“Every day we work and work and work, only to wake up the next day to do it all over again. There is never an end to the struggles. Exchanging one debtor for another. Never getting ahead while we grab at the scraps offered by those in the Upper Ring. The crumbs they provide for our entertainment, their fashions and their parties and their gossip.”

“With each day that passes, with each man killed on the front line, the greater incentive there is to conflate myth with truth. Because the truth is detrimental to patriotism, to national unity, to everything that supposedly makes Llyr great and strong and enduring and exceptional. And everything that makes Argant its one-dimensional enemy.”

“You could change directions a hundred more times in your life, and you’d still never be a failure. You’re too hard of a worker to ever be considered a failure. Life is meant to be spent chasing happiness.”

“She will beat you again. And again. Because what she represents, and what your son represents, is what you fear most: hope. You cannot steal it, no matter how many you rip from their homes and enslave. And you cannot break it, no matter how many you murder.”

“What do you suppose the people on other continents, across all those seas, think of us? Do you think they hate us or pity us for what we do to each other? Perhaps it’s just as bad there. Perhaps it’s worse. But to do what I have to do, to get through it… I have to believe it’s better. Somewhere, it’s better than this.”

going to attempt to stick with this throughout the entire year 🤞🏼