Walsh – Fallen Son

Book page: walsh-fallen-son

From: Quotes batch 25

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Concept

“The concept of the hero is a burden passed from a dead man to a boy who isn’t ready to carry the weight.” (p. 14)

Behavior

“Grief dictates behavior in a way that logic cannot touch; it turns soldiers into mourners and kings into ghosts.” (p. 56)

Game Theory

“Power dynamics in the wake of a vacuum are a zero-sum game; if you aren’t claiming the throne, someone else already has.” (p. 132)

Cognition

“His cognition was clouded by the ‘what-if’ loops of a survivor who believes he should have been the one to die.” (p. 89)

Memory

“We build monuments because our memories are too fragile to hold the truth of what we lost.” (p. 210)