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An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

1 " There is only one reason to be passionate about a lack of faith—and that is fear,” said Caeden quietly. “Fear that you are wrong. An innate need for others to share your opinion, so that you can be less afraid.” He shook his head. “I do not feel the need to argue, to cajole, to threaten or accuse. If others wish to believe differently, that is no business of mine. I simply do not think that there are gods. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

2 " If a builder and an architect sit at the same table, does one role become more like the other? Or do they work better together because of it? "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

3 " The lesser of two evils, or the greater good. Get a good man to utter either of those phrases, and there is no one more eager to begin perpetrating evil. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

4 " I’m telling you that you should doubt—as I do my own beliefs. The day on which you decide not to question what you believe, is the day that you start making excuses for why you believe it. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

5 " The people with whom we are friends should never affect our morality;rather, our morality should affect with whom we are friends. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

6 " For I did not know which was harder to bear: The echo of her passing, or the long silence that followed. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

7 " The danger of evil, the purpose of evil, is that it causes those who would oppose it to become evil also. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

8 " The day on which you decide not to question what you believe, is the day that you start making excuses for why you believe it. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

9 " The true evil is always in the reason and the excuse, not the act. I was fooled. I was angry. I wasn’t thinking. I had to do it, else worse things would have happened. It didn’t hurt anyone. It hurt less people than it would have if I hadn’t. It was to protect myself. It was to protect others. It was in my nature. It was necessary. It was right. We have both been alive long enough to know that evil only wins when it spreads. It can cause destruction, it can cause death—but those are consequences of its nature, not its victory. Not its goal. The danger of evil, the purpose of evil, is that it causes those who would oppose it to become evil also. And that, my friend, is what happened to you. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

10 " Even if our choices are inevitable, it doesn't mean that they are not our own. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

11 " The lesser of two evils, and the greater good. The most dangerous phrases in the world. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

12 " She was just like the rest of them—willfully ignorant, passionately believing in something because she surrounded herself with people who also passionately believed in the same thing. He knew the type, now—those who found it easier to listen to people who reinforced what they already thought, rather than actually considering the opinions of those who didn’t. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

13 " He broke this world. But he left some of its beauty, some of its joy. He knew enough to realize that sometimes beauty is a temptation and joy a call for inaction. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

14 " willfully ignorant, passionately believing in something because she surrounded herself with people who also passionately believed in the same thing. He knew the type, now—those who found it easier to listen to people who reinforced what they already thought, rather than actually considering the opinions of those who didn’t. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

15 " The people with whom we are friends should never affect our morality; rather, our morality should affect with whom we are friends. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

16 " What is god but a being with more power than those below them can comprehend? With understanding more vast than others can imagine? If you do not believe such a being exists above you, then surely you are a god, Tal'kamar. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

17 " The true evil is always in the reason and the excuse, not the act. I was fooled. I was angry. I wasn’t thinking. I had to do it, else worse things would have happened. It didn’t hurt anyone. It hurt less people than it would have if I hadn’t. It was to protect myself. It was to protect others. It was in my nature. It was necessary. It was right. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

18 " Every man alive has had these things,” he said quietly. “The beggar who has been given a piece of silver has had wealth. The slave who has been asked to complete a task has had power. The prisoner who has not been executed has had privilege.” His eyes shone as he sat opposite me. “I desire not the things of this world that are a matter of perspective, Javahan. I desire not the things which will only increase my desire. I desire not the petty things of men. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

19 " true evil is always in the reason and the excuse, not the act. I was fooled. I was angry. I wasn’t thinking. I had to do it, else worse things would have happened. It didn’t hurt anyone. It hurt less people than it would have if I hadn’t. It was to protect myself. It was to protect others. It was in my nature. It was necessary. It was right. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

20 " religions—things created by men in order to control other men. "

― James Islington , An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)