The problem with the so-called bloody surveillance state is that it’s hard work trying to track someone’s movements using CCTV – especially if they’re on foot. Part of the problem is that the cameras all belong to different people for differe...
Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in ...
Who did the council fight?" "It split in two and fought itself." "That's suicide!" "No, ordinary behaviour. The efficient half eats the less efficient half and grows stronger. War is just a violent way of doing what half the people do calmly in peace...
The goddess smiled. "You are a good hero, Percy Jackson. Not too proud. I like that. But you have much to learn. When Dionysus was made a god, I gave up my throne for him. It was the only way to avoid a civil war among the gods." "It unbalanced the C...
And how are such wars to be waged? The wise prince will begin by assuming the enemy to be infinitely corruptible and infinitely stupid, since stupidity and corruption are the chief characteristics of man. So the prince will make himself friends in th...
Lebel: The following conversation was recorded at 6:15 this morning. The number being dialed was identified as Molitor 5901. [plays a tape recorder for the council] Denise: Hello. Valmy: Yes? Denise: Denise. Valmy: Valmy here. Denise: They know he's ...
[T]here's a thin line separating the delicate from the bloodless, in art as in food.
Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.
There are things our souls want, and mine wants you.
Heroes save worlds," Clary said. "They don't destroy them.
Oh, God,” Magnus said. “They’re dead. They’re all dead.
Clary," he said. "You're Clary. You're my best friend.
Let's face it. My career is now professional vampire.
They both believed in her even when she didn’t believe in herself.
Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.
No one could be that annoying without some kind of supernatural assistance.
He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.
To use the enemy's weapon is to play the enemy's game...speak the truth and hear the truth.
It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but you smell like Magnus.
The city gives even to children a sophisticated look that baffles the casual psychologist.
