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“You should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.”
― Best Served Cold
― Best Served Cold
“You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip, and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war. They staked everything on decisive battle in the image of Hannibal, but even the ghost of Hannibal might have reminded Schlieffen that though Carthage won at Cannae, Rome won the war.”
― The Guns of August
― The Guns of August
“The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.”
― The Heroes
― The Heroes
“This is war.
Peasants starve so soldiers can eat.
Soldiers bleed so generals can win.
Generals fall so emperors can keep their thrones.
It’s the way it’s always been.”
― Empire of the Vampire
Peasants starve so soldiers can eat.
Soldiers bleed so generals can win.
Generals fall so emperors can keep their thrones.
It’s the way it’s always been.”
― Empire of the Vampire
Grimdark Fantasy
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