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“Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
“Man proceeds in the fog. But when he looks back to judge people of the past, he sees no fog on their path. From his present, which was their faraway future, their path looks perfectly clear to him, good visibility all the way. Looking back, he sees the path, he sees the people proceeding, he sees their mistakes, but not the fog.”
― Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts
― Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.”
― The Golden Compass
― The Golden Compass
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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