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Quotes from An Illusion of Thieves — Carol Berg

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The grand duc is lost in a cloud of delusion that masquerades as mysticism.

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

“This means war. And who suffers most if powerful families go to war?”
“Everyone else but them.”

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

My determination to make my own way in the world must not make me stupid.

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

“That was a brave thing.”
“Didn’t feel at all brave. Just desperate.”
“Bravery results from desperation more often than we’d like to think.”

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

Reason crushed that idiocy instantly.

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

I have never believed in fate or destiny or any other concept that invests the courses of our lives with portentous meaning. Most people in our godless world believe we are born into random circumstance, and it is solely our own deeds and choices that determine whether we find ourselves in a palace or prison when we die. I’d not disagree.

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

Everything I have accomplished in this city, everything I have yet to accomplish, takes its root in the rule of law. If I am complicit in lawbreaking—if I interfere and exonerate a confessed felon because of my personal preferences—then I am no better than my uncle you once named monster.

An Illusion of Thieves (2019)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Carol Berg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.