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“Oh fuck, oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god...”
― This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
― This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
“The power of magic comes mainly from an emotional collection to whatever the intention of any given spell happened to be.”
― Twelve Months
― Twelve Months
“But nothing lasts, not even stone, not even despair.”
― Green Mars
― Green Mars
“Although mercenaries are paid to fight, they spend only a tiny fraction of their time actually fighting. The average life expectancy of a mercenary is lower than in most professions, but if they were to go into battle every day, few would be expected to last more than a week or two,
The great majority of a mercenary's tie is spent waiting. Travelling comes a distant second. Fighting a very distant third. And all that waiting needs filling with distraction. Which in part accounts for how good mercenaries are at taking prisoners. A prisoner who can be ransomed provides money, and money is the reason most mercenaries claim to do what they do. A prisoner who can't be ransomed provides entertainment, filling those empty days when there would otherwise be nothing else to do but sharpen blades and think about the battles to come.”
― Daughter of Crows
The great majority of a mercenary's tie is spent waiting. Travelling comes a distant second. Fighting a very distant third. And all that waiting needs filling with distraction. Which in part accounts for how good mercenaries are at taking prisoners. A prisoner who can be ransomed provides money, and money is the reason most mercenaries claim to do what they do. A prisoner who can't be ransomed provides entertainment, filling those empty days when there would otherwise be nothing else to do but sharpen blades and think about the battles to come.”
― Daughter of Crows
“There are endings. There are beginnings. Sometimes they coincide, with the ending of one thing marking the beginning of another. But sometimes there is a simply a long space after an ending, a time when it seems everything has ended and nothing else can ever begin.”
― Fool's Assassin
― Fool's Assassin
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