The Sacred Band Quotes

“What sense does it make that one god would create all? Why would he create … rabbits. Soft and cuddly, yes? And then create foxes that hunt them down and tear them to shreds? Why do that? That god is no god to the rabbits. He is a demon that favors their enemies. But nor does that god honor the fox, for he creates other animals bigger than it. Creates wolves. Creates you Acacians. Even you, Rialus, could kill a fox if you were lucky and had the right weapon.” “And if the creature was lame or old,” Jàfith added.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“No, I haven’t decided where to live yet.” He thought, I haven’t decided if I want to live yet.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“This really isn’t fair,” Mena said. “What is ‘fair’?” asked one of the watchers called Devoth. “I don’t know this word.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“The moment you begin to consider having more than someone else, you begin to fear you might end up with less than someone else.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“Or was it just the eyes of the watcher that gave character to the world?”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“No, make something different from war. Don't allow your enemies to be enemies. Make them something else, because otherwise they have a power over you that they should not have. If you think in the same ways as the past, you will only get new versions of the past. Think differently. That's what I'm saying.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band

“No, make something different from war. Don't allow your enemies to be enemies. Make them something else, because otherwise they have a power over you that they should not have. If you think in the same ways as the past, you will only get new versions of the past. Think differently.”
― David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band