# Quote — Ian Tregillis, The Rising

> Only a fool wasted energy on things he could not control.

- Author: [Ian Tregillis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis.md)
- Book: [The Rising](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis/the-rising.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_Tregillis#The_Rising_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis/the-rising/only-a-fool

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> Every additional second the king didn’t take a bullet in the eye seemed a good sign.

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> We’ve drawn attention to ourselves with our obsessive need to stay inconspicuous.

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> To lose the satchel now would prove that God, if He existed, was a truly sadistic son of a bitch.

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