Dee

“Boss,’ I said into my Airwave. ‘It’s getting needlessly metaphysical out here.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, The Hanging Tree

“...if a person could be unreasonable, a family perhaps, could a whole town? If certain altitudes inhibit respiration, might sufficient density of lunacy inhibit reason, permit prodigies, break rules supposed to be unbreakable?”
― Aidan Harte, Irenicon

“I remember the lightning in the air, and the lovers bidding goodbye to each other in the streets, and I can tell you what I think. We went to war because going to war is fun, because there's something in the human breast that trills at the thought, although perhaps not the reality, of murdering its fellows in vast numbers. Fighting a war ain't fun - fighting a war is pretty miserable. But starting a war? Hell, starting a war is better than a night floating on daeva's honey.”
― Daniel Polansky, Low Town

“She told him the plan. It was loud and dumb and very likely to hurt, so, of course, he agreed.”
― A.K. Larkwood, The Unspoken Name