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Theurge (The Spellmonger, #19)

by Terry Mancour

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Sep 17, 2026 02:05PM

“Like many people, I felt like politicians would say anything to anyone, as long as it kept them in power. There were two types of politicians. The dirty ones and the ones who hadn’t been there long enough yet to become dirty,”
― Sean Oswald, Collapse

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“This is my fear, of a life wasted, of a cause misbegotten, of a belief that is, in the end, an empty and unattainable ideal, the foolish designs of an innocent child who believed there could be more.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Charon's Claw

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“I don’t desire glory. Glory brings fame, and fame brings jealousy, and jealousy brings danger.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Charon's Claw

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“It can be hard on a man, to face a situation that seems hopeless at the outset,” he continued, steadily. “But your die was cast, and you have little choice but accept the situation as it is, and not as you wish it would be. You must act, though every part of you wants to freeze up or flee. What you do at the beginning is critical.”
― Terry Mancour, Victory Soup

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“Yet already their destruction begins. It comes upon them gradually, in little ways. Bit by bit their belief in themselves erodes. A growing cynicism pervades their lives. Small acts of kindness and charity are abandoned as pointless and somehow indicative of weakness. Little failures of behavior lead to bigger ones. It is not enough to ignore the discourtesies of others; discourtesies must be repaid in kind. Men are intolerant and judgmental. They are without grace. If one man proclaims that God has spoken to him, another quickly proclaims that his God is false. If the homeless cannot find shelter, then surely they are to blame for their condition. If the poor do not have jobs, then surely it is because they will not work. If sickness strikes down those whose lifestyle differs from our own, then surely they have brought it on themselves.”
― Terry Brooks, Running with the Demon

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