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“It’s not just the big moments that count, it’s all of the small actions that feed our heart and soul on a daily basis.”
― Crossroads and the Dominion of Four
― Crossroads and the Dominion of Four
“...and there encountered with him all at once Sir Bors, Sir Ector, and Sir Lionel, and they three smote him at once with their spears, and with force of themselves they smote Sir Lancelot's horse reverse to the earth. And by misfortune Sir Bors smote Sir Lancelot through the shield into the side...”
― Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
― Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

“somethings can only be seen in the shadows”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind

“A good sportsman, a lively companion, a courteous, well-bred man of the world, with not too much brains to spoil his temper, he was a universal favourite in London drawing-rooms or in the coffee-rooms of village inns.”
― The Scarlet Pimpernel
― The Scarlet Pimpernel

“…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace.
He said it. ‘The ocean.”
― Cloud Atlas
He said it. ‘The ocean.”
― Cloud Atlas
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