They were a people who called slavery freedom, a nation that called narrative truth, a culture that glorified its People by destroying the very concept of personhood. How could they be anything but a nation of book burners founded on a
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“God does not need us to believe. He does not need us at all. But we each have our part to play in what He intends.”
― Ashes of Man
― Ashes of Man
“Be grateful we do not get what we deserve, dear boy. If we did, paradise would be empty, and this life would be even darker and more difficult than it is.”
― Kingdoms of Death
― Kingdoms of Death
“We struggle, and by that struggle are filled, and so define ourselves. That is the way.”
― Howling Dark
― Howling Dark
“So love is not merely an emotion, but a vow made one to another. A vow renewed in each moment, until it hardly needs making at all. Or until it is not made, and death or deed does them part.”
― Howling Dark
― Howling Dark
“Here there be dragons.”
― Howling Dark
― Howling Dark
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