“Death doesn't rid of us of our feelings. It just stops us from changing the narrative.”
Source: The Infinity Courts
“The jangling, dissonant sound of modern politics; the anger on cable television and the evening news; the fast pace of social media; the headlines that clash with one another when we scroll through them; the dullness, by contrast, of the bureaucracy and the courts; all of this has unnerved that part of the population that prefers unity and homogeneity. Democracy itself has always been loud and raucous, but when its rules are followed, it eventually creates consensus. The modern debate does not. Instead, it inspires in some people the desire to forcibly silence the rest.”
Source: Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
“Courthouses are good and necessary first half of life institutes. In the second half, you try instead to influence events, work for change, quietly persuade, change your own attitude, pray or forgive instead of taking things to court.”
Source: Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
“The courts are perpetuating the culture of silencing women while at the same time fostering the culture of violence with impunity by not fixing the accountability of the batterers.”
“We're one of the three Solar Courts,' he said, motioning for me to sit with a graceful twist of his wrist. 'Our nights are far more beautiful and our sunsets and dawns are exquisite, but we do adhere to the laws of nature.'
I slid into the upholstered chair across from him. His tunic was unbuttoned at the neck, revealing a hint of the tanned chest beneath. 'And do the other courts choose not to?'
'The nature of the Seasonal Courts,' he said, 'is linked to their High Lords, whose magic and will keeps them in eternal spring, or winter, or fall, or summer. It has always been like that- some sort of strange stagnation. But the Solar Courts- Day, Dawn, and Night- are of a more... symbolic nature. We might be powerful, but even we cannot alter the sun's path or strength. Tea?'
The sunlight danced along the curve of the silver teapot. I kept my eager nod to a restrained dip of my chin. 'But you will find,' Rhysand went on, pouring a cup for me,' that our nights are more spectacular- so spectacular that some in my territory even awaken at sunset and go to bed at dawn, just to live under the starlight.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“Outside the state structure there is just about as much fear of the courts as there is of income tax among our non-salaried class”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences
“The ‘law in books’ v. the ‘law in action”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences
“Nothing, but nothing happened.”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences
“The courts, and, of course, the support of our readers, were our only dykes.”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences
“But it is also true that sometimes I have had to watch helplessly as the courts could not be persuaded to do what seemed clearly within their power...”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences