Quotes from C.S. Harris

Theirs was a bond that transcended class, nationality, and other such trivialities.

Lord love us, I need a drink," said Calhoun, looking faintly green around the gills as he paused on the flagway in front of the chapel to draw in a deep breath of fresh air. "I've dressed many a gentleman in my career—sober, drunk, and even dead. But I must say, this is the first time I've ever been called upon to dress one who was in bits."   Monday

Dante assigned the hottest circle of hell to those who do nothing in the face of evil. Life shouldn't be about pursuing pleasure or being safe, being comfortable. It's about helping others, and reaching for what's right, and trying to make this a better world.

In my experience, those for whom war is lucrative are rarely satisfied. For them, war is opportunity, not hardship or sorrow. After all, it is rarely their sons who lie in unmarked graves on foreign soil.

subalterns, when Sebastian bought his first commission

You can't know that. I may not believe in God, but I've come to believe that there is a pattern. A pattern that works itself out in ways we can't begin to understand.

Love. I think an angel would fear falling in love with a mortal—someone who could be theirs for only a short time and then would slip away forever." He

We like to believe the world arcs towards justice--I suppose because it reassures us and makes us think there's some sort of order to our existence. but what if we're wrong? What if it's All meaningless chaos and chance?