Quotes from book
Iron Council

Name: Iron Council
Author: China Miéville

Iron Council is a weird fantasy novel by the British writer China Miéville, his third set in the Bas-Lag universe, following Perdido Street Station and The Scar . In addition to the steampunk influences shared by its predecessors, Iron Council draws several elements from the western genre.

“Ori supposed there were as many unspeakable stories as there were men come back from war.”

China Miéville book Iron Council

Part 4 “The Hainting”, chapter 15 (p. 314)
Iron Council (2004)

“She shouted, “Arms and tongues, Spiral?” and waggled her arms and stuck out her tongue, and the old man crowed and did the same. “He’s for the first, against the second, as I recall,” she said to Ori. “Has he chanted for you? ‘Too much yammer, not enough hammer.’””

China Miéville book Iron Council

Part 2 “Returns”, chapter 8 (p. 85)
Iron Council (2004)

““History…” Jacobs spoke with terse authority. Brought Ori to a hush. “Is all full. And dripping. With the corpses. Of them who trusted the incorruptible.””

China Miéville book Iron Council

Part 4 “The Hainting”, chapter 15 (p. 319)
Iron Council (2004)

“Judah knows the trow will be eradicated and their homes lost to history, but he will not be party to it, and he has tried to stand in its way.”

China Miéville book Iron Council

“Anamnesis” (p. 191)
Iron Council (2004)