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Lonen's War Quotes
Lonen's War
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Jeffe Kennedy1,066 ratings, 3.71 average rating, 73 reviews
Lonen's War Quotes
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“Shall we get to the subject at hand?” she
suggested in an even tone.
“You didn’t answer my question.”
“Because the answer doesn’t matter. What I
do or do not believe has no bearing on our negotiations. We could
argue all night about our differences and it seems both our peoples
have wasted enough time doing that already. What terms do you
propose?”
“You don’t have an offer?”
She actually made snorting noise, at odds
with her regal poise. “No wonder you all spent so many days
discussing. If I’m not mistaken, you’re in the position of power.
It seems to me that this conversation should consist of you, the
conqueror, giving terms to me, the conquered—at which point I
attempt to weasel out whatever concessions I can.”
― Lonen's War
suggested in an even tone.
“You didn’t answer my question.”
“Because the answer doesn’t matter. What I
do or do not believe has no bearing on our negotiations. We could
argue all night about our differences and it seems both our peoples
have wasted enough time doing that already. What terms do you
propose?”
“You don’t have an offer?”
She actually made snorting noise, at odds
with her regal poise. “No wonder you all spent so many days
discussing. If I’m not mistaken, you’re in the position of power.
It seems to me that this conversation should consist of you, the
conqueror, giving terms to me, the conquered—at which point I
attempt to weasel out whatever concessions I can.”
― Lonen's War
“It occurs to me that one can only beat
one’s head against a wall for so long before determining that the
wall is harder than one’s head.”
― Lonen's War
one’s head against a wall for so long before determining that the
wall is harder than one’s head.”
― Lonen's War
