Risen Quotes

“Power doesn’t need a purpose:
Power is its own purpose.
It is the only goal that has value in itself,
because it is the means by which all other goals are achieved.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“Richard is a far worse enemy to me than you will ever be. If I were in a room with you, Richard and a gun with two bullets, I'd shoot Richard twice.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“I suppose I’m . . . just less interested in the far future? The present seems more important.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“You’re worse than a warlord. You’re a bad teacher.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“she’d learned to bring the kinds of things he asked for. Which, apparently, mostly consisted of tea, good food and high explosives.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“She didn’t look like a monster last time,’ Ji-yeong said. ‘More like a victim.’ ‘A lot of monsters start out that way.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“There hadn’t been a moment where I’d had a clear choice between good and evil. I’d just had to choose between bad options, over and over again, and things had kept getting worse.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen

“If you can’t get another ally, next best thing is to give your enemy another enemy.”
― Benedict Jacka, Risen