Throne Hunters #2 Quotes

“We are all of us complex beings, Sam. Well. Some of us more so than others. You’ll get there. Think of people as mirrors. When they are born, they reflect the world with unblemished, naive perfection. But life is all hammers. Sooner or later, we’re hurt, broken, sundered into hundreds of fragments, both large and small. We become wounded, bitter, resentful, suspicious. We stop being one person, and become a dozen. One version with our friends, another with our employer, a third with our lover. The harder the blow, the greater the fragmentation. I’ve heard it said that one’s goal in life shouldn’t be power or wealth, but repairing one’s mirror and becoming whole once more. To be the same no matter in whose company one finds oneself in.”
― Phil Tucker, Throne Hunters #2

“Vic sighed. “We are all of us complex beings, Sam. Well. Some of us more so than others. You’ll get there. Think of people as mirrors. When they are born, they reflect the world with unblemished, naive perfection. But life is all hammers. Sooner or later, we’re hurt, broken, sundered into hundreds of fragments, both large and small. We become wounded, bitter, resentful, suspicious. We stop being one person, and become a dozen. One version with our friends, another with our employer, a third with our lover. The harder the blow, the greater the fragmentation. I’ve heard it said that one’s goal in life shouldn’t be power or wealth, but repairing one’s mirror and becoming whole once more. To be the same no matter in whose company one finds oneself in.”
― Phil Tucker, Throne Hunters #2