He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let … - Sheri S. Tepper

He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let the law become a Game, a Game in which the moves and the winning were more important than truth. He told us to seek justice rather than the Game.

The first thing you’ve got to do is tell yourself that the shitheads are wrong...Not just a little bit wrong, but irremediably, absolutely, and endemically wrong. Nothing you can say or do will stop their being wrong. They’re damned to eternal wrongness, and that’s God’s will.

Even pain, said the king, with no intention of being prophetic, even pain is preferable to dying of unrelieved ennui.

I’ll tell you, nothing is so dangerous as ambition in a man who cares not who stands in his way.