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Gene Wolfe
“How terrible it is that we know our stories only when we have lived them!”
Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe
“I have always found that men of religion tell comforting things that are not true, while men of science recount hideous truths.”
Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch

Christopher Ruocchio
“But there are women and women, commander. Some ask nothing of us, and so we are nothing to them. But there are those women who ask all of us. Those are the ones worth giving all for.”
Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

Christopher Ruocchio
“You're a good man Albee. None of us is good lord. Edward said. It's for us to do good, despite ourselves.”
Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods

Christopher Ruocchio
“We believe our fear destroyed by new bravery. It is not. Fear is never destroyed. It is only made smaller by the courage we find after. It is always there.”
Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

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