“And what’s the difference between us, that you’ll brush his sins aside and not my own?” Maati smiled. “You aren’t him,” he said. “And you love him.” Maati took a pose of affirmation. “And love is more important than justice,”… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“Objective truth is difficult to come by, and even if you have it, what you can pass on to the next person is the… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“That's the whole world. You. Me. The sea, the sky. Every retching thing there is. It's all a dream the dragons dream, and if… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is also true… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“We say our souls want joy, but they don’t,” she said. “They want what they already know, joyful or not.” — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“As we send our armsmen and sailors away to fight and die together; let there be peace between us. If there cannot be peace… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“Being doomed doesn't take away from the dignity of the effort, though.” — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“The only ones untouched by the keen madness of the times were the children and the dogs. And the dogs seemed a little nervous.” — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
“And may the gods keep us from a world where only the people who deserve love get it.” — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
