“There was once a man who saw Death staring at him in the marketplace,” she muttered. “Afraid, the man stole a horse and rode as fast as he could to the next town. Once there, he took a room at an inn and locked himself inside. But there was Death, already waiting by the fire. ‘How?’ cried the man. ‘How can you be here?’ Death smiled and stood. ‘I asked myself the same when I saw you at the marketplace, for it is here that I was to meet you.”
― The Second Siege
― The Second Siege
“better to keep your mouth shut and have others think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove”
― The Second Siege
― The Second Siege
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea. Ideas bring change and people fear change very much.”
― The Second Siege
― The Second Siege
“my sanity would have undoubtedly taken an ugly turn.”
― The Second Siege
― The Second Siege
“is a cruel fate that your kind should be blessed with consciousness yet denied true understanding.”
― The Second Siege
― The Second Siege
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