Outcasts of Order Quotes

“I don’t have the faintest idea why the Prefect does what he does, but he seems to want everyone in Candar to pay tariffs to him and feels that he shouldn’t have to pay tariffs to anyone.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Outcasts of Order

“There is no perfect land. Destroying a good but imperfect land doesn’t make the world better. It makes it poorer. The only meaningful choices in life are either to maintain something good or to build something better.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Outcasts of Order

“the people who want power the most are the ones who should be granted it the least.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Outcasts of Order

“Concerns by their nature are reasoned. Fears are not.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Outcasts of Order

“do not ever attempt to convince another about anything by the use of facts or logic. A stupid man will not be swayed by facts. An intelligent man already knows those facts, and if he does not agree with you, he either has more accurate information than you do or his personal beliefs prevent him from accepting what you know to be true.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Outcasts of Order