The Devil You Know Quotes

“There is no absolute right or wrong, good or evil, but there are good manners and common decency.”
― K.J. Parker, The Devil You Know

“The thing about me that seems to puzzle people the most - people who know me, who believe what i tell them - is that I can write the most profound things without actually meaning them.
I can persuade people of things I don't believe myself,or (more usually) simply don't care about”
― K.J. Parker, The Devil You Know

“I shook my head. “Usually when there’s an invasion he goes and stays with his cousin the seed-merchant, just across the border,” I said. “I gather he prefers it there to here. The Mysians won’t bother you at all. Particularly if you buy their baskets.”
― K.J. Parker, The Devil You Know