The Lesser Devil (The Sun Eater, #1.5)

by Christopher Ruocchio

“I was a stranger and you took me in. Our Lord asks us to care for those who need it. Quamdiu fecistis uni de his fratribus meis minimis mihi fecistis. What you do to the least of my brethren you do to me, He says.”

Cultures are always built on the bones of the cultures that come before.

If you answer violence with violence, you will inherit violence without end. Whoever slays the killer quickly discovers that killers are avenged sevenfold.”

“Whiskey. Drink up. It’ll help.” When still Crispin hesitated, Father Laurent said, “The Baptists have been extinct for fifteen thousand years, so no one will judge you for it.”