The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)

by James Islington

The illusion of power too often becomes power,

“If the sea is the sky, what does that make a shark?”

Men condemn what they do not understand.

“She told me that a child needs to hear and truly understand only three phrases from their father as they grow up. ‘I love you.’ ‘I will help.’ And, ‘I don’t know.’

FEAR IS A LACK OF control, realised.

Wealth is buying luxuries without having to think. Generational wealth is buying luxuries without thinking.”

The needs of the many will always be loud.” He leans forward. Hooked nose inches from mine. “But in the end, it is only the strength of the few that matters.”

“I don’t know who’s worse. The men who did it, or the ones who gave the orders.” “Both,” says Lanistia quietly. “For things like this to happen, Vis, it takes a special kind of cowardice from both commander and soldier.”

Poor luck is being aware of these currents, but able only to drown in them.