“Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.”
― The Paradise War
― The Paradise War
“Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.”
― The Republic of Thieves
― The Republic of Thieves
“History is no more fixed and dead than the future. The past is no further away than the last breath you took.”
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“To friends! Life belongs to those who love, and where love reigns is man truly king!”
― The Paradise War
― The Paradise War
“I have heard it called a dance, I have heard it called a battle. Some men speak of it with a knowing laugh, some with a sneer. I have heard the study market women chuckling over it like hens clucking over bread crumbs; I have been approached by bawds who spoke their wares as boldly as peddlers hawking fresh fish. For myself, I think some things are beyond words. The color blue can only be experienced, as can the scent of jasmine or the sound of a flute. The curve of a warm bared shoulder, the uniquely feminine softness of a breast, the startled sound one makes when all barriers suddenly yield, the perfume of her throat, the taste of her skin are all but parts, and sweet as they may be, they do not embody the whole. A thousand such details still would not illustrate it.”
― Royal Assassin
― Royal Assassin
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