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“No one chooses to be hungry. I would rather feed a dozen old men and have one be a liar than let the others starve.”
― Shield-Maiden: Under the Blood Moon
― Shield-Maiden: Under the Blood Moon
“Life’s rough. You can complain about it or make the best of it. I won’t lie that I get my fits of melancholy here and there, but to my mind there’s no use moping about for things I can’t change. The only thing I can control is what I do and who I chose to be.”
― Sphere Song
― Sphere Song
“Men love those creatures that need to be taken care of. To be with a strong and wise woman is obliging. If you want to tame a lioness you need to become a lion, not a goat. A doe is easier to keep. You give her a little grass, a little milk, and she is tamed. Who do you think a man would choose?”
― The Royal Court
― The Royal Court
“equality always needed to be balanced with opportunity. Some people needed a measure of security from poverty, disease, and the threat of violence—a kind of safety net—but people also needed freedom, and the right environment to grow and fulfill their potential.”
― The Hidden Relic
― The Hidden Relic
“Zealots couldn’t be reasoned with because they didn’t want reason. They wanted blind faith. It was their way, their faction, or nothing. Everything that disagreed or opposed them would be cast on the “holy” fires burning behind the man they saw as their savior. They looked at him as if he were a god made flesh.”
― A Hunt of Shadows
― A Hunt of Shadows
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