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The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)

by Mary Stewart

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“The battle-fire had dropped over him, burning him everywhere with its righteous heat, sizzling his sight, frying his synapses and roasting his heart in its holy glow.”
― Stephen King, Wizard and Glass

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“War, my friends, is a thing of beauty.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

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“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings

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“What happens to you, Uhtred, is what you make happen. You will grow, you will learn the sword, you will learn the way of the shield wall, you will learn the oar, you will give honor to the gods, and then you will use what you have learned to make your life good or bad.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

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“The road, and the mysteries that lie along it, calls out to none as it calls to the young.”
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