Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to.

I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed

Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker one, while saving its fleets and battalions for weightier opponents.

There are so many cities in every single city.

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.