The Girl and the Moon Quotes

“I think it’s just what people are like everywhere if you give them enough to eat and some spare time. We build wonders and horrors in equal measure. Sometimes both at the same time.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Moon

“People fasten on to hatred for reasons that have little or nothing to do with fairness or reason. And neither fairness nor reason is a tool that will prise them free from it.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Moon

“You learn about others by watching—but everything you see is seen through the lens of yourself.” She set a finger to the centre of her forehead. “Here is where we first learn what we need to understand others.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Moon

“Yaz Shrugged, "I think it's just what what people are like everywhere if you give them enough to eat and some spare time. We build wonders and horrors in equal measure. Sometimes both at the same time.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Moon

“It’s in our nature to be dissatisfied with what we have. We want the next thing, the greener grass, whatever the cost. We’re only happy when we’re moving towards something better. It’s not getting the thing that makes us happy. Not for long. It’s the progress.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Moon