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“That was the trouble with California in the 1840's. The life was too easy, there was no necessity for struggle, and men must struggle or they deteriorate.”
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“He needed more than vague explanations and abstract ideas – but those were the very soul of art. If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art. That was the difference between a table and a beautiful woodcutting. You could explain the table: its purpose, its shape, its nature. The woodcutting you simply had to experience.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“... [A]lcoholic families are nightmarish places, heartbreak machines in which the innocent fare worse than the guilty.”
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“If there is a god, then I think we could find him in the way we care about one another.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
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