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“It takes oppression and hardship to stiffen men's guts and put the fire of hell into their thews.”
― Conan of Cimmeria
― Conan of Cimmeria
“A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“But it's a poor fellow who can't take his pleasure without asking other people's permission.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind," the borderer said, still staring somberly at the Cimmerian. "Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.”
― Conan of Cimmeria
― Conan of Cimmeria
“You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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