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Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

1 " Learn what your city has forgotten. What men of power have forgotten time and time again, throughout history—that there is always, always something mightier. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

2 " remember the plan,” said Sancia. “I just also remember there’s a lot of spots in the plan that say, ‘Sancia improvises a bunch of shit.’ Which is not, you know, comforting. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

3 " There is no innovation that will ever spring from the minds of men that will not eventually be used for slaughter and control. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

4 " Learn what your city has forgotten. What men of power have forgotten time and time again, throughout history - that there is always, always something mightier. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

5 " they were 'the Muses' bringing brilliance down from upon high "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

6 " they were "the Muses," brining brilliance down from upon high "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

7 " Not all revolutions mean burning down a damned city.
I am no historian, but ... it seems likely those are far from the norm... "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

8 " You can't control innovation! You can't structure how people invent! That's not how any of this shit works! Making and inventing is an ugly, stupid, random, dangerous process - just like humanity itself. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

9 " You know, for people who do a lot of work to avoid having laws,” he told the captain, “you certainly do seem to invoke a lot of them when it’s to your benefit… "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

10 " The only comparison she had for it was the experience of being asleep in your own bed, and having your pet jump up and nestle in the back of your leg - the faint, warm awareness of another being nestling into you, whether you liked it or not. "

― Robert Jackson Bennett , Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)