Quotes by : Ann Leckie

Do you still think Mianaai controls the Radchaai through brainwashing or threats of execution? Those....

In the nineteen years since then, I had learned eleven languages and 713 songs. I had found ways to conceal....

I’ve been thinking about it, since you said it,” said Seivarden. No, said Mercy of Kalr. “And I’ve....

Please, sir.” Tisarwat seemed not to have heard either of them. “We can’t leave things the way....

What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?

You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch....

The single word that directs a person’s fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact....

You take what you want at the end of a gun, you murder and rape and steal, and you call it bringing civilization.....

...if anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation....

Good necessitates evil.