Quotes by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark

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“Honour was like a coat: sometimes one did not have time to put it on.”

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“All things die,' she told him. Such a truism, it was the trite utterance of any street-corner philosopher, but coming from Inaspe Raimm it sounded different. 'All things reach the end of their jour...”
— Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark
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“I cannot hope to make you understand how the world is truly made,' he told her. 'Metaphor, then: the world is a weave, like threads woven into cloth.' His hand came out of his sleeve with a strip o...”
— Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark
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“Honour was like a coat: sometimes one did not have time to put it on.”
— Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark
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