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“People”—Geralt turned his head—“like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe
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― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
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― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
“Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and that calls for drinks all around.”
― Little Fuzzy
― Little Fuzzy
“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing. The difference between an experienced leader and an untested one is that only the untested one is shocked at how well they can pretend when their hand is forced.”
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
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