Empress of Forever
Max Gladstone
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Always know the shape you take—know it so well you can shift it to your purpose, so well the form gives way to formlessness again. What is a grain but a seed? And from a seed, you can grow anything. Like, say, a family.”
“She tried not to think in capital letters. It was a bad habit. If you weren’t careful, pretty soon you’d find yourself Going to the Store to Buy a Carton of Milk—or worse, speaking German.”
“Energy spent regretting a decision was best redirected toward addressing its consequences.”
“Ancient sages have written: what you cannot break, you do not own.”
“You’re not who you think you are,” Viv said. “You’re a dream. That’s all. But don’t take it too hard. So are the rest of us.”
“We study machines, and train our mind to mirror them. This ship holds many systems: Cloud engines interlace with crude chemical and subspace drives. We learn systems so we may learn our selves. A mind is as complex as a mindforge—but subtler; so subtle most beings cannot comprehend even their simplest thought in its entirety. We study so that when we are thrust against the limits of our own minds, we can break ourselves.” “Why would we—sorry, why would you want that?” “Ancient sages have written: what you cannot break, you do not own.” She recognized that line, handed down however many millennia.”
“We learn systems so we may learn ourselves. A mind is as complex as a mindforge--but subtler; so subtle most beings cannot comprehend even their simplest thought in its entirety. We study so that when we are thrust against the limits of our our minds, we can break ourselves.”
“Learn so you can work. Practice so you can play. Follow so you can lead. No one stays who she is forever.”
“Anger’s hotter than a star, and endures where stars do not.”
“the human mind had assembled itself haphazard from spare parts meant for something else.”
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