Never Die (The Mortal Techniques)

by Rob J. Hayes

The difference between the rich and the powerful was always made so much clearer by walls.

The rich hid behind them, the powerful tore them down.

There were monsters in the world, Cho knew that well enough, but none were nearly so monstrous as man.

"It takes a lifetime of evil to be a villain, and only one moment of good to be a hero."

"One can either let their losses define them, or define those losses by what is left to them."

"For you cannot find yourself, if you do not first lose your way."

"Sometimes peace is no more than oppression in disguise."

"Sometimes the few need to stand against the many, so all can see what is right," Zhihao said, then coughed into his hand. "So the monks used to say. I think it was written on a wall somewhere."