Sins of Empire Quotes

“Styke's people were outnumbered two to one. The Dynize, he decided, should have brought more men.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“But there were some wounds you could ask an old soldier about and others you had to wait for him to tell.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“So, technically, he never lied to us.” “What have I told you about using the word ‘technically’ to me?” Olem finished rolling a cigarette and squinted at the ceiling. “That you’d kick my teeth in?” “Right.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“No one else’s suffering is ever as acute as your own,”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Vlora drummed her fingers against her leg and locked eyes with Olem. She formed a ring with her hands, pointed at Michel’s neck. Olem shook his head emphatically. She mouthed the word please. Olem rolled his eyes.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Food, in my experience, is one of the few things that can cement a good friendship between strangers.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“You’re too clever, Mr. Styke. I think that’s why they put you in the labor camp. You look like a thug, kill like a thug, but you think and talk like an officer. It confuses people – the looks and reputation give them expectations, and then you defy them all by being educated.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“I don’t believe you.” “Have I ever lied to you?” “On several occasions.” “About anything important?”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“I’m sick of working for tin-pot dictators. Find me an underdog to fight for. As long as they can pay decently, of course.” “That’s the kicker.” “It always is.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Seeing him approach was like witnessing the arrival of an old friend – if you planned on murdering him painfully”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“I love you,” she said. “I figured that, too.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Jogging aside, it was said that Fidelis Jes had not truly started his day until he’d had a cup of coffee and killed a man.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“She tapped the butt of her pistol. “Would it be terribly unprofessional of me to shoot her hat off?” “Yes,” Olem said without looking up from the letter.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Tamas had always said that a greater risk had better come with a greater reward.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“What had Tamas always said? The minutiae of the common man is the grease that slicks the gears of civilization.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“He waited with a group consisting of Styke, Lady Flint, Taniel, and Ka-poel and wondered what had gone so terribly wrong in his life to throw him into such company. He shouldn’t be here with warriors, sorcerers, and officers, trying to make decisions that would affect hundreds of thousands of people.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Styke’s people were outnumbered two to one. The Dynize, he decided, should have brought more men.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Tell me I haven’t just put us on a powder keg and lit the fuse.” “You haven’t just put us on a powder keg and lit the fuse,” Olem said. “Are you lying to me?” Olem seemed thoughtful for a moment, turning himself away from the incoming sea breeze to light another cigarette. “More or less,” he said. “That’s not at all reassuring.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“Children bleed as easy as anyone else, don't they? Why would they be spared? A child is nothing but a future enemy.”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire

“The minutiae of the common man is the grease that slicks the gears of civilization. She”
― Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire