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)