Of North Blood Drawn Quotes

“Not all thoughts were shared. They concealed his lack of ability, but in any society no secret lasts forever – more so in a society of telepaths.”
― Ciaran MacUaitéir, Of North Blood Drawn

“Good. Society as a whole cannot respect the individual. The ‘greater good’ of society, says there should be no place for the useless, the cripple who cannot work, the lazy, the mentally unstable, the genetically weak – the man who does not aid its running, or its ability to survive. It says the dead weight must be removed, or made to be useful. But if you say keep those alive, what you are saying is the survival of one, is more important than the ‘good’ of society – hence we don’t remove the useless, because most of society obviously does not know what’s ‘good’ for it... So, if we respect the individual, then one cannot abide by that theory of right and wrong.”
― Ciaran MacUaitéir, Of North Blood Drawn

“He clawed at his white cloak attempting to wrap it tighter and clutched his knees to his chest. It was futile, it hardly mattered that he was clothed. The world made him naked. He bowed his head in submission, his hood pulled low, guarding his eyes against the stinging snow.”
― Ciaran MacUaitéir, Of North Blood Drawn