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Book cover for Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1) by Andrew Rowe

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There is no fencing term I’m aware of for drawing a pistol and shooting your opponent in the face, but that was what it felt like when I heard his final words.

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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

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“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

tags: death, grief, loss

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“He fought because he actually felt safer fighting than running.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

tags: psychology

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“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: aesthetics, appreciation, hidden-things

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“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, In the Harbor

tags: adversity, aspirations, poetry

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