Martine — A Memory Called Empire

Book page: martine-desolation-called-peace

From: Quotes batch 13


Edition: Tor Books (2019)

On Memory and Identity (The Imago)

“A memory is not a recording; it is a ghost that sits in the back of your head and whispers suggestions until you think they are your own ideas.” (p. 12)

On Society

“Teixcalaan doesn’t conquer; it seduces. It makes you want to be the thing that is destroying you.” (p. 88)

On Decision Making

“Success is the ability to survive your own mistakes long enough to make better ones.” (p. 210)