# Quote — Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

> It’s easy to say that if you were there you would have refused, that you would rather die than participate in the slaughter, but it all looks very different when it’s real, when the moment comes to choose.

- Author: [Ann Leckie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie.md)
- Book: [Ancillary Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie/ancillary-justice.md)
- Page: 155
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Leckie#Ancillary_Justice_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie/ancillary-justice/its-easy-to-say

## More from this book

> What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?

p. 121 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie/ancillary-justice/what-after-all.md)

> “Now I’m going to make you angry again.”
>
> “Really?” I asked, drily. “Aren’t you getting tired of that?”

p. 232 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie/ancillary-justice/now-im-going.md)

> Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It’s just easier to handle those with emotions.

p. 88 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-leckie/ancillary-justice/without-feelings-insignificant.md)