Jon Prasomsack

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“He now knew that war was not at all like culling deer, and the last one, with the man so close, had been the worst. The shock on the enemy’s face as the arrow halted his run would haunt him always.
Robert Reid – White Light Red Fire”
― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy

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“Because he that lacks knowledge about his enemy will find himself sitting in total defeat where bondage and misery reigns and rules.”
― John Ramirez, Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

tags: darkness, destiny, evil, god, kingdom, powerful, spiritual, teachings, warfare, well-being

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“What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status in society, and have strived to transform women’s expectations in their private lives. Private dignity at home equates to dignity in the workplace and the public sphere.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

tags: calculation, character, goals, greatness, humanity, influence, marriage, personal-goals, political, relationships

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“A good psychologist will take already-traumatic events in your life and work with you to contextualize them as non-traumatic. A bad psychologist will take non-traumatic events in your life and twist your narrative to both make them traumatic and connect them to your current problems. The problem is that good psychologists solve your issues while bad ones create dependency and thus recurring revenue streams.”
― Simone Collins, The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion: A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing

tags: agnosticism, atheism, cultural-reactor, fortifying, ideas, learning, life, mistakes, rebuilding, traditional-cultures

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“There's always a few copies floating around the school, handed down from older sisters and so on,' said Kierce. 'But not for First Formers.'
'This copy still has the chapters that usually get torn out,' said Hazra with fascination. 'Look, all the positions for men and men, and women and women, and the... gosh... what is that with the feathers --'
Kierce took the book back and closed it with a snap.
'Perhaps not for a Fourth Former either,' she said.”
― Garth Nix, Terciel and Elinor

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