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The Charwoman's Shadow

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"And follow not the way of the sword for the lawyers ever defeat it with their pens, as hath been said of old; but follow the [Black] Art, and you shall deal in a matter at whose mention lawyers pale." — Jul 15, 2026 09:05PM

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Destination: Void (The Pandora Sequence #0.5) by Frank Herbert

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Expectancy of long life? But what is three or four thousand years of living if each year is hell?

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory

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“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
― Francis Bacon, The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

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