22 quotes
Small moments, unnoticed at the time, change the fate of empires.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
A leader must be utterly decisive, especially when giving orders that conflict with the ones from the day before.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Good and evil are constructs lesser beings build to create divisions in places where rigor and intelligence are insufficient. It is a sloppy shorthand, and prone to error.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
I think some important scientific questions have finally been answered. Alien life exists, and they are assholes.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
If you are strong, you will serve in your life. If not, you will serve in your death. All serve.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
What is lost is lost, and why regret a dream I had when I was young just because the universe woke me from it?
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Of all the unthinkable events in his life, the fact that the universe had put him beside this woman felt the most unlikely.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
In a world without privacy, etiquette had to suffice.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Stress, power, love. They didn’t change people, but they revealed people as who they were.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
I’m drunk. Hypocrisy is the natural companion of beer.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Why me? is not something the universe ever answers.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
She warned me that raising children would require patience. It’s why I never had any of my own.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Most people were cowards. Being angry about that was like being angry at time for passing.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Jessyn knew the medicine was starting to work when her fantasies changed from suicide to murder.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Everything about this is gross. Everything. It’s a status fuck. Finding the man with the most pull in the group and diving into his lap. It’s disgusting.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
Looked at in a wide enough frame, maybe her problems weren’t so large. They just seemed that way when she held them up against her eyes where they’d block out all the light.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
He was curious because he chose to be. It didn’t make him stupid.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
The end-of-year celebration was different. It was a nested series of lies. A minefield scattered with gold nuggets, opportunity and disaster in visibly mingled.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
He hadn’t thought about it. It was a crisis, and in a crisis you did what needed doing. Stopping to think was a short path to panic. He didn’t have time for that.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
“I’m glad you’re feeling better.”
I’m not, though, Jessyn thought. I’m just feeling a different kind of bad.
The Mercy of Gods (2024)