The Two of Swords Quotes

“A city with no way of telling the time can by no stretch of the imagination be called civilised. It’s just a mob with walls.”
― K.J. Parker, The Two of Swords: Part Three

“No disrespect to the fire god, naturally; blame it instead on His administration, presumably made up of officers of roughly the same level of ability as their terrestial counterparts. That would explain why the mild storm she'd ordered for Oida hit her instead.”
― K.J. Parker, The Two of Swords: Part Three