Michaela Walker > Recent Status Updates

"Expectations are a funny thing... When you're born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you've never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life."

"Sometimes, Andy, the people you think you can count on, they let you down in a bad way, and that's hard to take. But for the most part, you give a man something to live up to, you tell him he can be more than he is now, more than other people think he'll ever be, and he'll try his godsdamned best to make it true."

"It is human nature to want people to like you, but your position makes you inherently unlikeable. What they need is someone who will deploy them strategically, with one eye on defeating the enemy and the other on preserving their lives. Respect is earned in battle, and you have not been in one. Do not rush the process."

"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."

"You're saying there's no such thing as a good ruler."

"There isn't [...] And this is the risk if our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead."

"A fair system only works if there's an unbiased means of assessing merit. When there is no pride or selfishness involved. [...] Which means that fair systems cannot exist where people are involved." 🔥🔥

"I'm surprised any of your families still admit to being related to you, to be fair. [...] You're all Sevenths. Same as him. [...] From what I can tell, the only difference between you and him is that his father is more successful than yours. [...] It seems that if you're saying he's not worth my time, you're saying none of you are." Dammmnn Vis, tell it to them straight🤯

"Nervousness means there's a fear to faced ahead, Diago. The man who is never nervous, never does anything hard. The man who is never nervous, never grows. [...] Do all you can to think of it as an opportunity. A blessing."

"There's no way to grasp its enormity, no mental comparison by which I can diminish the horrified awe it inspires."

"Betrayal was the greatest of all crimes in Rallick's mind, for it took all that was human within a person and made it a thing of pain."

"What did we gain?"
"A future... For men will say in later years that this was the battle that made Rus' a nation of one people."

"What happens to anyone who grows to understand you, Medved? Living happens."

"If you spend all your days bearing the burden of unforgotten wrongs you will only wound yourself."