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CHAIN YOUR ANGER IN THE dark, my mother used to tell me, and it will only thrive.
‘A ladder should not be climbed from the shoulders of others,’
“Or should we not hold others to the standards to which we hold ourselves?
“Hate is its own violence, my prince. Your only choice is whether to let it hurt them, or you.”
The power to protect is the highest of responsibilities, Diago. When a man is given it, his duty is not only to the people he thinks are worthy.
“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.”
“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.”
The man who is never nervous, never does anything hard. The man who is never nervous, never grows.”
“Just because you are good at something does not make others bad at it.”
“Do you think that every single Septimus stuck in their position is less talented than every single Sextus?
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.”
Wounds heal. The cut’s only worth it if there’s poison on the blade.”
“That’s the problem with people, though, isn’t it? They always think that other people are the problem.”
If all you’re trying to do is change who’s in control, then you don’t really want to change anything.”
“They ask something small of you. A thing you would prefer not to do, but is not so terrible. You think you are working your way up, but in fact they are changing you.
They know the system is wrong, but they choose not to think or speak up or act because they ultimately hope that in their silence, they will gain.
The decision may have been made by the few, Diago, but it’s the Will of the many that killed your family.”
“Violence is no answer to grief,”
Anyone who looks at a system of people and thinks the system is the problem, is a fool.
“Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis.”
