7 quotes
Compassion existed when and only when one could step outside oneself, to suddenly see the bars from inside the cage.
The Bonehunters (2006)
You cannot fight unreason, and as these dead multitudes will tell you — are telling you right now — certitude is the enemy.
The Bonehunters (2006)
"Keep a watch out, fools! There are things out there and you know what happens when things arrive!"
The Bonehunters (2006)
Fanaticism was poison in the soul, and the first victim in its inexorable, ever-growing list was compassion.
The Bonehunters (2006)
"Oh," the figure settled back down, "those reasons. Well, yes. Clever, even. But still profoundly stupid."
The Bonehunters (2006)
"I mean the only thing us dead soldiers got in common is that none of us was good enough or lucky enough to survive the fight. We're a host of failures."
The Bonehunters (2006)
Discipline is as much facing the enemy within as the enemy before you; for without critical judgement, the weapon you wield delivers — and let us not be coy here — naught but murder. And its first victim is the moral probity of your cause.
The Bonehunters (2006)