Derek LaPlaca
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“Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.”
― House of Chains
― House of Chains
“We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we then attach to it a value, we guard the giving of it, believing it must be earned, T’lan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the word. It must be given freely. In abundance.”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.”
― Deadhouse Gates
― Deadhouse Gates
“The heart of wisdom is tolerance.”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
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