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“Always remember, although the unimaginative see life as a thread stretched from one point to another, birth to death, a life truly lived is a glorious tangle. One is never lost. And if one is lucky, one is never found, either.”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
“And all lives were exactly the same length. Even the very long and very short ones. From the point of view of eternity, anyway.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“But he hadn’t had the time. No, that wasn’t true. He could have found the time; he could have made it. He hadn’t had the will. He had been oddly content in his melancholy slump. It wasn’t a good life, but it was consistent. It was safe. And while it hadn’t been easy, it had been habit, which was like easy but a lot more dangerous.”
― Dead Man's Hand
― Dead Man's Hand
“Ideas are frictional, factional entities which wilt when pinned to flowcharts. Ideas have to cause problems before they cause solutions.”
― The Ministry of Time
― The Ministry of Time
“I’ve tried to make a habit of never talking about what I do until I’m out of anything else to talk about. In my experience, it’s a terrible way to get to know somebody—at least if you want to know anything worthwhile. I want to learn what you laugh at, what makes you roll your eyes, what gets you upset, or passionate, or puts you at ease. Work is just…” He flapped a paw as they ducked under the eaves in front of the mercantile. “The stuff that holds the rest of it together. It’s like describing a house by talking about the nails.”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
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