Snake Agent Quotes

“In the matter of prejudice...we are all the same. Goddess and demon, human and monster: none of us understand difference, but at least some of us make the effort to try.”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“as though the architect had tried to please everyone via the dubious method of insane and haphazard compromise.”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“There is an adage about bravery and foolishness being part of the same package.”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“had often occurred to Chen how shattering it must be for someone who had devoted their whole life to material possessions to suddenly find themselves in a world where status depended on entirely more intangible matters. He”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“The band of sickly scarlet light that passed for sunset in Hell ringed the horizon like a migraine,”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“Typical of Hell, thought Chen: overdone and ostentatious and overwhelming, designed to cow an already beaten populace.
"Wow" he said. The demon grinned sympathetically.
"It is a bit excessive, isn't it?"
"Who does it belong to?"
"My employer is the First Lord of Banking. Head of the Ministry of Wealth.”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent

“By keeping the price of treatment drugs artificially high, and making sure that only those who can afford it have the opportunity of a cure, we're actually supporting the work that the Ministry of Epidemics does. I mean, look at Africa and our liaison with the Underworld there.”
― Liz Williams, Snake Agent