Auberon Quotes

“There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who you ought to be or who you really are.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“It’s the basic problem with religion, be it Jesus or Vishnu or God Emperors. Ideological purity never survives contact with the enemy.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“Ideological purity never survives contact with the enemy.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“State violence was meant to be shocking. It was done to prove a point, and it would have been a pity for the sacrifice not to have its effect.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“Laconia had always been the few and the pure against the many and the corrupt. Like the Spartans from whom they took their name, Laconians were severe within their group, both to forge the iron discipline that had led them to victory and to demonstrate to others the sincerity of their beliefs.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“I didn’t mean to spook you,” Lara said. “I’m not spooked,” he said. He meant to follow it up with I’m married, but what came out was different. “I’m Laconian.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon

“He let his hand drop to the sofa, near his holster but motionless. It was dangerous to move forward, but he wasn't going to give up ground either. He imagined pulling the gun and firing. How quickly could he do that? How long could it take? The rest of his life, maybe.”
― James S.A. Corey, Auberon