356 Quotes

“His malice was aimed at himself; with shame and contempt he recollected his "cowardice.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Oriati Mbo would not be asked to yield its pride or culture or its political independence. This was a trade dispute, the Falcresti said. A market correction. For many decades, Oriati Mbo had overvalued its strength, and undervalued Falcrest's.
Violence had been transacted as a result.
The treaty put a name to the whole tragedy. It would be called the Armada War. As if it had all been fought at sea, among the willing and the glorious. As if burnt Kutulbha had been a particularly large ship.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Tyrant Baru Cormorant