“Declaring war on Skaal increased patriotism among the people, made them forget about all their other problems, killed off some of the excess population, often resulted in the acquisition of some valuable booty, and — most importantly — relieved Boric’s… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“We had become a country that valued security over freedom, power over justice, and war over peace. I wanted” — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“No actual productive work is done in the Courts of the Most High, but the staff of the Courts have the proud distinction of… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“Dead kings were honored in the Six Kingdoms only insofar as they had the good sense to stop walking around above ground.” — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“It was never a good thing when a bad guy started quoting Nietzsche.” — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“These days she tended to think of herself as a Heisenbergian Christian: she believed in the broad outlines of Christianity, but she was unable… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“That’s the problem with engineers: when they can’t get something working, they always blame the previous group of engineers, and you never know which… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“He had intended his address to be somewhat more comprehensive than this but was forced to cut it short, having been stabbed between the… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“The Christians had then struck back with a decal of a larger fish, labeled “TRUTH,” eating the Darwin fish, which distilled Christianity to its… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“The crowd was getting hysterical, so I reached into my back pocket and flippe open my wallet to reveal my badge. "Official business," I… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
“...but there's always he'll want to torture your boss anyway. Just recreationally, I mean." "Wow that would be terrific," I said” — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
