18 Quotes by David Anthony Durham

Very little of what he learned of people’s actions began or ended with either the noble ideals or the fiendish wickedness he had been taught lay behind all great struggles. There was something comforting in this.

Again he thought of his own losses, and he wondered why it was that the things a person had lost— or might lose— defined him more than the things he yet possessed.

One must find rhythms others’ ears don’t hear.

When she spread her wings and leaped screeching into the air she had not the slightest doubt that every hand below her would stretch to catch her. And if one could leap from a height with no fear of falling, could one not be said to possess the secret of flight? Just like a bird, just like a god.

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Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate.

They fed him a diet made up entirely of knowledge.

It’s a mass agitation of ambitious cocks!

Again he thought of his own losses, and he wondered why it was that the things a person had lost – or might lose – defined him more than the things he yet possessed.