Ogres Quotes

“And you would have been the best owner of all, and that still isn't enough reason to keep you alive once you've decided that owning people is fine, just so long as it's you that owns them.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ogres

“People complaining at having their children changed, even though the world was at stake. In the book, it’s cast as selfish and wasteful that anyone should resist such patently necessary measures. It was written post-Brink, after all, when these things had been accomplished and it only remained to justify them.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ogres

“Population is power, and nobody wants for work unless they're incurably idle.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ogres

“A wise old man after all, and not unmoved by what you’ve said, but he takes his responsibilities seriously. A man over-cautious to be captain, but a good lieutenant, you think.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ogres

“[...] They’ll execute you in such a grand and hideous way that your death will expunge your entire life and be the only thing anyone ever remembers about you.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ogres