Ivan

“No. He was not here to wreak revenge.
For revenge was trifling and hollow.
No. He was not here to retrieve his wife.
For his wife was not a thing to be retrieved.
No. He was not here to negotiate a truce.
For a truce suggested he wished to compromise.

He was here to burn something to the ground.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Rose & the Dagger

“The goal of government, you see,” and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his bony forefinger, “is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it.”
― Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred

“Tell me, Bronn. If I told you to kill a babe... an infant girl, say, still at her mother's breast... would you do it? Without question?
Without question? No. The sellsword rubbed thumb and forefinger together. I'd ask how much.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“My father had never liked tears. He thought a man never cried for others, only for himself. And if he did, he was a coward and deserved no pity.”
― Zafon Carlos Ruiz