166 Quotes by Robert Jackson Bennett

In Shara’s estimation, lists form one half of the heart of intelligence, the second half being patience. Most espionage work, after all, is a matter of collecting data and categorizing it: who belongs to which group, and why; where are they now, and how are we sure, and do we have someone else in the region; and now that we have cataloged those groups, what threat level should they be categorized under; and so on, and so on, and so on.

Just because you won the War doesn’t mean you can do whatever you like!′ says Yaroslav. ‘And just because we lost it doesn’t mean you can strip us of everything we value!

Assume nothing, Shara reminds herself. You do not know until you know.

Time renders all people and all things silent. But I will speak of you, of all of you, for all the time that I have.

There are many dangers here, child, she’d said once. Many. Many ugly things you’re going to have to do. It will be a great contest for you. And you’re going to think: How do I win? And the answer is – so long as you are alive, you are winning. The only hope you should ever have is to see the next day, and the next. Some here will whisper of liberty – but you can’t be free if you aren’t alive.

Why are you out here risking your life? Is Justice such an odd thing to desire? Justice is a luxury. No said Gregor. It is not. It is a right. And it is a right that has long been denied. He stared out at the city... I would shed every drop of blood in my body for such a thing.

Pistols are the choice of the afraid. Pistols are the choice of the vigilant.

It’s a symbiotic relationship: those two excel at being idiots, and I excel at shooting idiots. Everyone gets what they want.

Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not.