Blood of the Mantis Quotes

“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis

“The Rekef ruled by fear, and fear, unlike love, did not outlive the possession of power.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis

“Like so many of these Wasp-kinden, Brodan lived a life entirely dictated by fear – fear of his superiors’ wrath, his peers’ plots and his inferiors’ ambitions.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis

“It was a question worthy of a magician, because magic dealt in the gaps between certainties, and the truth of his status would only be resolved into fact once he tried to change it.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis