The Heirs of Babylon Quotes

“You’ve got to work inside the system. That’s always been true. Even the best systems strike back hard when you don’t play by the rules.”
― Glen Cook, The Heirs of Babylon

“Just one day earlier many of these men had been eager to sail. Now they wanted to go home. The adventure was no adventure at all, once begun. But turning back could not be. No one dared risk the wrath of the High Command, for High Command was a jealous god, believed capable of anything— including the destruction of an uncooperative member state.”
― Glen Cook, The Heirs of Babylon

“Maybe, maybe not. You might be surprised. But, win or lose, they’ll’ve set an example by trying— which is more than anyone’s ever done. Gives an old man hopes of seeing the War die before he does. Word of this gets out, maybe nobody’ll answer the call to the next Gathering.”
― Glen Cook, The Heirs of Babylon