“That’s the funny thing about pity, Saint. It’s condescending by default.” — wildbow Copy Share Image
“Okay, here’s a cheat I learned in a leadership seminar. It’s called active listening. Someone says something, a complaint, or a criticism, or they’re… — wildbow Copy Share
“I like to think people are stronger than they appear at first glance. Perhaps the same goes for cities as well?” — wildbow Copy Share
“Looking at this stuff, hearing you describe it all, I’m starting to think that maybe we’ll destroy ourselves in the end. Infighting, stupidity, revenge,… — wildbow Copy Share
“You want to neuter us,” Director Tagg said. “Stop us from policing the criminals who run this city.” “As my client put it, Director,… — wildbow Copy Share
“Ruins. Places built up by man, painstaking, sometimes over centuries. Layer upon layer of human experience, history, and art, represented in stone and wood… — wildbow Copy Share
“Everyone likes the manipulative assholes after they’ve had a chance to do their manipulating.” — wildbow Copy Share
“On this violent, brutish little planet of ours, it’s the survivors who wind up the strongest ones of all.” — wildbow Copy Share
“It’s for love, in the end. Pettiest of all pursuits. Arrogance, greed, even revenge… they’re nobler, trust me. I’ve walked all those roads. But… — wildbow Copy Share
“Was he the only one who was just old enough to speak out, not yet so old and jaded that he acceded to authority… — wildbow Copy Share
“My hands were paralyzed, one wrapped around the handle of the Hyena’s sword, spikes sticking through the flesh and out the back of hand,… — wildbow Copy Share
“Then I think about how you went out, and I think… you know, it doesn’t balance out. One selfless deed, after all the shit… — wildbow Copy Share
“When you’re in that position, sometimes the only people willing to extend those second chances to you are the people who need them.” — wildbow Copy Share
“According to studies, clinically depressed individuals have a more accurate grasp of reality than the average person. We tell ourselves lies and layer falsehoods… — wildbow Copy Share
“Counting coup?” Leister asked. He was the sole subordinate that Vantage had brought along. Rime, by contrast, had brought Usher and Arbiter from her… — wildbow Copy Share
