Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know Quotes

“Idiots are still doing it, scraping down old books to save a few gulden on parchment. Worse than murder, in my opinion. Killing the past means the future will be stillborn.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know

“The perfect lie is the absolute truth with just one thing added or left out.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know

“Good leads to evil leads to good leads to evil, but we do what we think is right, and that’s our salvation, even though we start the war we intended to stop.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know

“Every good act has evil consequences. Every evil act has good consequences. We twine round each other like ivy, until it’s practically impossible to tell us apart.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know

“That’s why we call it the long game. In a world without end, the war is never over, and nobody ever wins.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know

“Try me,” I said. “You’d be amazed at what I’m prepared to do if I have absolutely no choice.”
― K.J. Parker, Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know