A House By Any Other Name Quotes

“Magic hadn’t ventured a guess at Vichet’s motivation, but it was obvious to me. By supporting reductionists in taking down a potentially influential multiplier, power on Qaysar, and rippling out through the Union of Worlds, would swing toward restricting trade and travel between worlds. When that happened, unofficial trade increased in value—and as a shadow market lord, that increased Vichet’s wealth and power.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“Rather than tell me upfront of Hector’s bravery on Shvan and of the Legion’s reverence for him, he’d let me discover it for myself. Learning something had a greater impact than merely being informed of it.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“Most of our work is about establishing boundaries for other people’s relationships. Or enforcing them. When people cross boundaries by breaking laws, we can render judgement. Other times we help people clarify what boundaries are needed for all parties in the relationship to flourish.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“One of my professors at grad school had a saying, ‘an arbiter wears other people’s wisdom as a cloak’.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“Major Ruth Cicak was an unlikely prophet, but overnight I couldn’t shake her warning. Choices did define a person. Each little choice added up until you became a sum of your unconsidered, or minimally considered, actions.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“I’ve seen it before. How self-interest overwrites what one knows to be the best path. The only long-term viable path. Ecologists must think long-term.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“It was a good reminder that people adapted to and exploited every system.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“For instance, if you give someone something, and it is something that you want, it halts the relationship because the other person recognizes, possibly subconsciously, that to you they are merely an extension or reflection of yourself.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name

“and it is something that you want, it halts the relationship because the other person recognizes, possibly subconsciously, that to you they are merely an extension or reflection of yourself.”
― Jenny Schwartz, A House By Any Other Name