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‘I would have thought your pain would give you empathy.’ ‘Empathy? What’s that?’ Glokta winced as he rubbed at his aching leg. ‘It’s a sad fact, but pain only makes you sorry for yourself.’
“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
― 1984
― 1984
“It remains one of the saddest memories of my life—the memory of how, intimidated by decades of harassment and violence at the hands of Hindutva bigots, so many of my fellow citizens had to shame themselves into a public display of patriotism”
― The Enemies of the Idea of India
― The Enemies of the Idea of India
“The young woman went to rummage in a sideboard and came back to the table with a stout cook’s knife. But instead of using it to cut the fruit, she showed the point to each of the men in a meaningful way, then tucked the blade into her kirtle. They”
― Rogues
― Rogues
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Chronicler snapped. "You're just spouting nonsense now."
"I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.”
― The Name of the Wind
"I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.”
― The Name of the Wind
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
― The Fires of Heaven
― The Fires of Heaven
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