The Escapement (Engineer Trilogy, #3)
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Evil’s just love in action, love on the move between wanting and getting.
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“No big deal,” Ziani replied. “It’s actions and outcomes that matter, not intentions. And when something’s got to be done, it’s no good killing yourself with guilt about it.” Daurenja laughed. He was happy. “I must say,” he said, “I wish all my victims took such a pragmatic view of things.”
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There’s an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it’s a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm’s way.
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She shook her head. “You can’t expect me to explain something I don’t understand myself.” “Oh, I understand,” he replied gently. “The man you thought you loved never really existed. I wrote him, like a character in a book; I made him up when I wrote you those letters. It was so hard, it took me a whole day to write one.