“Most wars start because someone makes a mistake, and most battles are lost by the losing side rather than won by the victors. I'm not sure if that makes things better or worse. I suppose it depends on which you… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“One of these days I’d really like to win a battle, rather than just stand quiet while they lose it at me. You know,… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Here lies Mago the boxer, of whom it may honestly be said that he never harmed anybody.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“It's sheer spitefulness to allow mortals to love because everybody dies but the love they cause to be in others doesn't die with them.… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“The public,” he said, “bless them. It’s the same in tailoring: they always think they know more about your job than you do, and… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“Most wars start because someone makes a mistake, and most battles are lost by the losing side rather than won by the victors. I'm… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“He was astonished at how calm he found he was. Fear of death had always energised him, making him move far more quickly than… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“When you get to my age, you’ll find it’s fatally easy to forget to hate all your enemies all the time; and once you’ve… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if your ignorant so long as you can find people to know stuff for you. — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“It never ceases to amaze me how adaptable social geometry can be. Within a couple of days I went from being the centre of… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
“A quiet life," Stheno replied. "You wouldn't think it was a lot to ask.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't. — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
