Martine — A Desolation Called Peace
Book page: martine-desolation-called-peace
From: Quotes batch 13
Edition: Tor Books (2021)
On Identity and Language
“To be of Teixcalaan is to be a part of a poem that has no end. To be outside it is to be a footnote that no one reads.” (p. 156)
On Consciousness and the Other
“We are all just archives of the people we have been, hoping that someone will eventually understand the cataloging system.” (p. 284)
On Society
“Empire is a hunger that calls itself a civilization.” (p. 412)