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1 " What a terrible thing, when what's right is overruled by what's popular, "
― Edward W. Robertson , The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy
2 " I wonder what's killed more men over the years. Wild animals? Or masculine taunts? "
3 " It's better to know nothing than to have to unlearn false wisdom. "
4 " would ask what you want carved on your grave. " "I would like it to say 'Why Do You Care Who Is Buried Here? "
5 " was sad to think how quickly things became lost. It was no wonder things were the way they were. Memories, people, your own self. You thought you'd always have them, that you'd be able to draw on them in times of need, but they slipped away like the days, gone before you knew it. "
6 " All set?" Cally said when he showed up twenty minutes later."Yes.""Good. Overconfidence is a strong ally. People are always surprised when you try to do things youcan't. "
7 " Your loyalty is all you have. If you forfeit that, you burn the forest of your soul. "
8 " But this was why you needed others: their brains operated differently. Frustratingly so, too often, but sometimes their shape of crazy was the perfect complement for your own. "
9 " It was like old people were terrified of dying without duplicating their minds on those who would replace them. "
10 " But hope was frustration's favorite food, "
11 " Too much lust for knowledge was the trappings and vanity of an unreal world. "
12 " Rules are a luxury for those with the power to play by them. "
13 " hunger turns stones into soup. "
14 " Oops!" "We should probably put that on our tombstones." "That or 'It seemed like a good idea at the time. "
15 " so many of our own." Vee nodded. "Better to look like the hole of an ass than to look from behind the bars of a cage. "
16 " I am sorry. My mother once told me I'd have to learn a blade to protect myself from my tongue." "Smart woman. "
17 " insulting your elders is a good way to ensure you'll never have the chance to become one. "
18 " If you want to change the world for the good, you have to be willing to put on the mask of the villain. "
19 " Speech is a dangerously imprecise form of communication even when we try to be as exact as we can be. If we're sloppy on purpose who knows what disasters might come of it? "
20 " You should know this about giants: when one decides not to crush you, that's because he means to eat you instead. "