Swan Knight's Son Quotes

“Do you understand the lesson of the sword and the charge I have laid on you?” “Yes, mother. Kill heretics, don’t sleep around, obey the king. But… we don’t have kings in America, and I think being a heretic is protected by the First Amendment.”
― John C. Wright, Swan Knight's Son

“But men are the thralls and serfs, the gladiators and poppets, the concubines and cattle, the pets and toys of powers they do not see, do not know, and do not recall upon waking. Those few who by mishap recall truly and do know how truly dark the night is, they are called mad and hauled away screaming.”
― John C. Wright, Swan Knight's Son

“Sea Fairies! Great! So there is an intelligent species of humanoid supernatural beings living in the Mediterranean that I happen to be related to, and you never mentioned it to me. And there are other groups living under mountains, fighting over the weather, and what day it is going to snow because one side wants to cause starvation and the other side wants diseases.” “No. One side wants pride and envy. The other wants wrath and sloth.”
― John C. Wright, Swan Knight's Son