“I therefore had only enough fear to make myself terrified — not enough to turn back”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
“One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
“There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
“There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
“They say there are no atheists in war; I tell you that pantheists abound at the edge of a cliff. I would have taken the blessing of any god I could get.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
― The Tropic of Serpents
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