The Hammer
K.J. Parker
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.”
“If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?”
“A quiet life," Stheno replied. "You wouldn't think it was a lot to ask.”
“We hold that you can’t own anything that four strong men can’t lift.”
“the fundamental difference between luck and a wheelbarrow; only one of them was designed to be pushed.)”
“There are certain traditions,” Father went on, shifting his head a little so he was looking just over the top of Gignomai’s head, as though he was talking to where Gignomai should have been at age fourteen, if he hadn’t turned out disappointingly short.”
“The trouble with running away is that, no matter where you go, you have to take yourself with you.”
“The question was, to what extent was he supposed to believe it? Of course, Gignomai had a special way of lying, which involved mostly telling the truth.”
“It’s about keeping the peace,” said Rasso from the livery. His choice of words made Marzo want to smile. Rasso had borrowed the phrase from him and, like any man in the colony who borrowed anything, he seemed determined to use it till it fell apart before he was called on to give it back.”
“I do housework,” she said, “and I mend clothes. I’d do a proper job if I could. I’d have been a surgeon, like my father, except it’s not allowed.” He frowned. “It isn’t?” “Of course not. Women can’t be surgeons or clerks or lawyers or lecturers at Temple or merchants. There’s not actually a law, but there doesn’t have to be. People wouldn’t stand for it.”
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