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“The rebuke came, keen-edged. ‘Trusting the man is not the same thing as knowing what he’s about.”
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
“These were bankers we were talking about, and I owed taxes. They’d hunt me to the ends of the earth!”
― The Liar's Key
― The Liar's Key
“An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity.”
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
“Death has no repeal. It is a brute ending that leaves us the legacy of an inscrutable silence. Therefore, I understand the voice of mercy very well.”
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
― To Ride Hell’s Chasm
“I’m glad your self-righteousness has given you some exercise, but you forget: we are not such a tidy, reasonable, and humane race. Our thoughts don’t stand in grammatical rows, our hearts don’t draw equations, our consciences don’t have the benefit of historians whispering the answers to us.”
― Senlin Ascends
― Senlin Ascends
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