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694fb08	She shone like the horizon when it is almost too bright to look upon.		Daniel Abraham
ee5e94f	I am scared, when I first go to cities. I think I am never fit in, never belong. All this worry I make. And is nothing. To lose everything is not the worst can happen.'		Daniel Abraham
981c9f5	Danat was asking if we had any other books," Maati said. "You have all of them," the boy said, awe I'm his voice. Maati chuckled, and then felt the mirth and simple pleasure fade. "Yes," he said. "Yes, we have all of them."		Daniel Abraham
d859f0d	In a better world, he thought, I'd have followed that man to hell.		Daniel Abraham
7253281	The characters and events in this book are fictitious.		Daniel Abraham
28400cd	She stepped toward him, her hand on his shoulder. He took her fingers in his, kissing her gently without even being aware that he was doing so. Affection was a habit between them, more genuine for being unconsidered.		Daniel Abraham
ce7c9f8	In the thousand years since its foundation, the city had never been taken by force, though twice it had been seduced.		Daniel Abraham
64f7ce9	When you start talking about killed friends and lost babies, justice and revenge are two names for the same dog.		Daniel Abraham
dfa86da	A monstrous talent that could do anything because no one had managed to convince it of what was impossible.		Daniel Abraham
e595dec	There is a man named Ovi Niit. He runs a comfort house in the soft quarter. I mean to take it from him.		Daniel Abraham
133a2be	The nature of history itself defies us. To know with certainty what the last Dragon Emperor thought or planned or schemed would require not only an understanding of the draconic mind lost to humanity (if indeed it were ever available), but also a comprehension of the particular form of madness which took him in the violent days that ended his reign. Certain facts are known: that Morade's clutch-mates contested his selection to the throne, t..		Daniel Abraham
5f5b60b	I'm saying there is evil in the world," Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, "and doubt is the weapon that guards against it. Yardem took the box from the old actor's hands and lifted it to the top of the pile. "But if you doubt everything," the Tralgu said, "how can anything be justified?" "Tentatively. And subject to later examination. It seems to me the better question is whether there's any virtue in committing to a permanent an..	epistemology skepticism	Daniel Abraham
2d0e12e	speculation is also the natural realm of tolerance, for judgment demands evidence, and it follows that the absence of evidence which forms the core of speculation requires the absence of judgment.		Daniel Abraham
0a6170e	You only have to enforce boundaries where they're being imposed,		Daniel Abraham
25a8b87	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," Seedless said. "Sometimes. Yes." Seedless smiled and nodded. "What a terrible thought," he said. "That love and injustice should be married."		Daniel Abraham
c478730	I've never told Liat. About who I am. Do you think ... Maati, can you love someone and not trust them?" "We're born to odd lives, Otah-kvo," Maati said, sounding suddenly older and more sorrowful. "If we waited for people we trusted, I think we might never love anyone."		Daniel Abraham
e40f647	What had been a shared moment was private now, and always would be. Even if he were to tell the story, it would be a tale told and not the thing itself. The difference between those two was the division between life and death: a lived moment and one entombed.		Daniel Abraham
bffbc8f	justice is based on certainty, but certainty is not truth, atrocities become possible.		Daniel Abraham
76cf0c7	The story of a person could never be as complex as they actually were because then it would take as much time to know someone as it did to be them. Reputation, even when deserved, inevitably meant simplification, and every simplification deformed.		Daniel Abraham
1a7481a	Just once I'd like to be rewarded for my optimistic view of humanity.		Daniel Abraham
7e0776e	We're still humans after all. Some percentage of us are always going to be assholes.		Daniel Abraham
eb1752f	Naomi couldn't tell if she was more astounded by how much things had changed or how little.		Daniel Abraham
14b010c	Some things stayed secrets even when you told them.		Daniel Abraham
1d5f91b	You look old, Fred.""I feel old. But it's better than the alternative."		Daniel Abraham
81f8f8a	You can tell you've found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.		Daniel Abraham
3089440	You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you've got is stories.		Daniel Abraham
8ba6dd6	You are a special flower.""Well, sure. Just not used to anybody appreciating it."		Daniel Abraham
828ae39	History's made of surprises that seem obvious in retrospect.		Daniel Abraham
c69a567	That sounds like post hoc realpolitik rationalizing bullshit.		Daniel Abraham
d585721	She wanted to care, but she didn't. She didn't have time.		Daniel Abraham
7f320ea	There was no amount of double-checking that would ever prove that nothing had been missed.		Daniel Abraham
5a39abe	It's good being young," he said, "but some people wear it better than others."		Daniel Abraham
40a83a6	She was all out of later.		Daniel Abraham
f4f52ba	A liberal arts background was a hard thing to overcome, but she was doing great.		Daniel Abraham
94df84b	Two points defined a line, but three defined the playing field.		Daniel Abraham
c2dd0b5	The several unexamined assumptions in the argument remained unexamined.		Daniel Abraham
06b5005	She wanted to believe. But she also knew better.		Daniel Abraham
6990f23	All the ways they wanted to help her, but never asked how she wanted to be helped.		Daniel Abraham
5709e13	Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines."		Daniel Abraham
baeee05	The enlisted guys will be okay, but the officers get the sense of humor trained out of 'em.		Daniel Abraham
1ad411a	She didn't care. Not caring was how she got through the day.		Daniel Abraham
3d19ff5	Never knew if you had any luck left unless you pushed it.		Daniel Abraham
29f371f	It's the problem with politics. Your enemies are often your allies. And vice versa.		Daniel Abraham
fc4123b	He cut the connection before she could answer. Long goodbyes weren't anyone's strong suit.		Daniel Abraham

She shone like the horizon when it is almost too bright to look upon.

Daniel Abraham

ee5e94f

I am scared, when I first go to cities. I think I am never fit in, never belong. All this worry I make. And is nothing. To lose everything is not the worst can happen.'

Daniel Abraham

981c9f5

Danat was asking if we had any other books," Maati said. "You have all of them," the boy said, awe I'm his voice. Maati chuckled, and then felt the mirth and simple pleasure fade. "Yes," he said. "Yes, we have all of them."

Daniel Abraham

d859f0d

In a better world, he thought, I'd have followed that man to hell.

Daniel Abraham

7253281

The characters and events in this book are fictitious.

Daniel Abraham

28400cd

She stepped toward him, her hand on his shoulder. He took her fingers in his, kissing her gently without even being aware that he was doing so. Affection was a habit between them, more genuine for being unconsidered.

Daniel Abraham

ce7c9f8

In the thousand years since its foundation, the city had never been taken by force, though twice it had been seduced.

Daniel Abraham

64f7ce9

When you start talking about killed friends and lost babies, justice and revenge are two names for the same dog.

Daniel Abraham

dfa86da

A monstrous talent that could do anything because no one had managed to convince it of what was impossible.

Daniel Abraham

e595dec

There is a man named Ovi Niit. He runs a comfort house in the soft quarter. I mean to take it from him.

Daniel Abraham

133a2be

The nature of history itself defies us. To know with certainty what the last Dragon Emperor thought or planned or schemed would require not only an understanding of the draconic mind lost to humanity (if indeed it were ever available), but also a comprehension of the particular form of madness which took him in the violent days that ended his reign. Certain facts are known: that Morade's clutch-mates contested his selection to the throne, t..

Daniel Abraham

5f5b60b

I'm saying there is evil in the world," Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, "and doubt is the weapon that guards against it. Yardem took the box from the old actor's hands and lifted it to the top of the pile. "But if you doubt everything," the Tralgu said, "how can anything be justified?" "Tentatively. And subject to later examination. It seems to me the better question is whether there's any virtue in committing to a permanent an..

epistemology skepticism

Daniel Abraham

2d0e12e

speculation is also the natural realm of tolerance, for judgment demands evidence, and it follows that the absence of evidence which forms the core of speculation requires the absence of judgment.

Daniel Abraham

0a6170e

You only have to enforce boundaries where they're being imposed,

Daniel Abraham

25a8b87

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," Seedless said. "Sometimes. Yes." Seedless smiled and nodded. "What a terrible thought," he said. "That love and injustice should be married."

Daniel Abraham

c478730

I've never told Liat. About who I am. Do you think ... Maati, can you love someone and not trust them?" "We're born to odd lives, Otah-kvo," Maati said, sounding suddenly older and more sorrowful. "If we waited for people we trusted, I think we might never love anyone."

Daniel Abraham

e40f647

What had been a shared moment was private now, and always would be. Even if he were to tell the story, it would be a tale told and not the thing itself. The difference between those two was the division between life and death: a lived moment and one entombed.

Daniel Abraham

bffbc8f

justice is based on certainty, but certainty is not truth, atrocities become possible.

Daniel Abraham

76cf0c7

The story of a person could never be as complex as they actually were because then it would take as much time to know someone as it did to be them. Reputation, even when deserved, inevitably meant simplification, and every simplification deformed.