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“The part the stories leave out," Tress said as the Sorceress's runes formed into a vibrant wall, "is everything that comes before. You see, I've discovered that it's all right to need help. So long as you've lived your life as the kind of person who deserves to be rescued.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Heroism is often the seemingly spontaneous result of a lifetime of preparation.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“after a certain age a man grows a beard not to enter manhood but to put a barrier to his youth,”
― Prophet Song
― Prophet Song
“If bravery is the wind that makes us soar like kites, fear is the string that keeps us from going too far.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“That is one of the great mistakes people make: assuming that someone who does menial work does not like thinking. Physical labor is great for the mind, as it leaves all kinds of time to consider the world. Other work, like accounting or scribing, demands little of the body—but siphons energy from the mind.
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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