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“Ain’t no fellow who regretted giving it one extra shake, but you can bet every guy has regretted giving one too few.”
― The Lost Metal
― The Lost Metal
“Mate, it ain't violence if it's religion.”
― The Lost Metal
― The Lost Metal
“Lock a man in prison, and you might stop him from committing crimes. Teach a man to respect himself and his community, and you stopped everyone he might have taught, recruited, or bullied.”
― The Lost Metal
― The Lost Metal
“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“He sat staring at the door for a long time. He wasn’t wearing a hat, which meant he had to just be himself. The true him, the one that knew this pain. They’d ridden together on many a dusty path. This pain had been his invisible friend since childhood.
The pain of knowing what he really was.
The pain of being worthless.”
― The Lost Metal
The pain of knowing what he really was.
The pain of being worthless.”
― The Lost Metal
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