Laurell K. Hamilton, Narcissus in Chains
7 quotes
"He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop."
"Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job."
"If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it."
"Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed."
"You look wonderful", Jason said."No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie.""Then by all means take it off."
"Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job."
"It wasn't just my beast's hunger, but Jean-Claude's blood thirst and Richard's craving for flesh. It was all that and the ardeur running through all of it, so that one hunger fed into the next in an endless chain, a snake eating it's own tail, an Ouroboros of desires."