Author: Robert Jackson Bennett

Cites

• John Locke (1)
  • IN: American Elsewhere (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Men always forget that human happiness is a disposition of mind and not a condition of circumstances.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, UK
• NULL (2)
  • IN: City of Blades (2015) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: He said to them: "Life is death and death is life. To shed blood is to behold this holiest of transitions, the interwoven mesh of the world, The flow from shrieking life to rot and ash. For those who wage Her wars, who become Her swords, She will deem you shriven and holiest of holies. And you shall forever reside beside Herin the City of Blades." And he sang "Come across the waters, Children, To whitest shores and quiet pilgrims, Long dark awaits In Voortya's shadow."
    FROM: Excerpt from "Of the Great Mother Voortya Atop the Teeth of the World", CA 556, (2015), Book, NULL
  • IN: City of Stars (2014) Fiction, Mystery Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And Olvos said to them: 'Why have you done this, my children? Why is the sky wreathed with smoke? Why have you made war in far places, and shed blood in strange lands?' And they said to Her: 'You blessed us as Your people, and we rejoiced, and were happy. But we found those who were not Your people, and they would not become Your people, and they were wilful and ignorant of You. They would not open their ears to Your songs, or lay Your words upon their tongues. They would not listen. So we dashed them upon the rocks and threw down their houses and shed their blood and scattered them to the winds, and we were right to do so. For we are Your people. We carry Your blessings. We are Yours, and so we are right. Is this not what You said?' And Olvos was silent.
    FROM: Book of the Red Lotus, Part IV, 13.51-13.59, (2014), Fictional, NULL
• Fred Allen (1)
  • IN: The Troupe (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Had it been within his power, the vaudeville performer would have been a timeless wanderer, spanning the generations using the bridge of his talents
    FROM: Much Ado About Me, (1956), Book, US
• Vinya Komayd (1)
  • IN: City of Miracles (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: All political careers end in failure. Some careers are long, some are short. Some politicians fail gracefully, and peacefully—others, less so. But beloved or hated, powerful or weak, right or wrong, effective or irrelevant—eventually, eventually, all political careers end in failure.
    FROM: Letter to Prime Minister Anta Doonijesh, (1711), Letter, NULL