A Harvest of Ash and Blood Quotes

“My father always told me,” Ponts finally said, nodding his head along to his own thoughts, “to let my words pass through three gates. At the first gate, challenge the words with this question: Are you true? If it is, it can proceed to the next gate, where I challenge it again: Are you necessary? And lastly, if it has gotten to the final gate: Are you kind? And only then do I let it out of my mouth.”
― D.J. Molles, A Harvest of Ash and Blood