He Who Fights with Monsters: Book Twelve (He Who Fights with Monsters, #12)

by Shirtaloon

“As I see it, you have two choices. Conquer your world or stand apart from it. Above it. Like a god. You have to rule them, or make them realise that you are so far above them that you have no interest in their little games. Anything in between and it will be chaos.” “No half measures.” “No half measures,” Dominion agreed. “When you act—however you act—it must be definitive. Beyond challenge. And when you refrain from acting, you must be beyond question.” “How can I be beyond question? There will always be those who doubt and disagree.” “When I say beyond question, I do not mean a question of morals or values but of power. Make them see that they are nothing before you. That when you choose action, they cannot stop you. That when you choose inaction, they cannot compel you. Whether you are their ruler or their god, to see you, they must always look up.” “Might makes right.” “Yes. You don’t like it, I know, but it is the reality. Civilisation is built on not just ideals, but the power to enforce them. And there are always hands in which that power disproportionately rests.