“Melenkurion abatha! Binas mill Bana Nihoram khabaal! Melenkurion abatha! Abatha Nimoram!”
― Lord Foul's Bane
― Lord Foul's Bane
“Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.”
― Reave the Just and Other Tales
― Reave the Just and Other Tales
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
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“We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.”
― Lord Foul's Bane
― Lord Foul's Bane
“Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
Absently he replied, "I was, once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
... Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
"Another?" Foamfollower returned. "In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more -- with one word you will make me weep.”
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Absently he replied, "I was, once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
... Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
"Another?" Foamfollower returned. "In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more -- with one word you will make me weep.”
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