The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

by James Islington

“Aequa told us you could have escaped with her. Why didn’t you?” “It seemed like the right thing to do.”

“A man will always wonder what might have been, but a wise one recognises fortune when it comes.

“There comes a point in every man’s life where he can rail against the unfairness of the world until he loses, or he can do his best in it. Remain a victim, or become a survivor.”

“Nervousness means there’s a fear to be faced ahead, Diago. The man who is never nervous, never does anything hard. The man who is never nervous, never grows.”

A fair system only works if there’s an unbiased means of assessing merit. When there is no pride or selfishness involved.” He gives a soft snort, shaking his head. “Which means that fair systems cannot exist where people are involved.”

but it’s the Will of the many that killed your family.”