Carlos
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“Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.”
― Red Country
― Red Country
“Well, we’re afeared. And what of it? Do we sit down and weep and tremble? Life must go on. And what will be, will be. What is destined can’t be avoided, in any case.”
― Sword of Destiny
― Sword of Destiny
“It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.
... War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone.
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him.
The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
That is the way it was and will be.
That way and not some other way...
War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god...
Men of god and men of war have strange affinities.”
―
... War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone.
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him.
The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
That is the way it was and will be.
That way and not some other way...
War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god...
Men of god and men of war have strange affinities.”
―
“They are tragic,' said Vetinari, 'and we laugh at their tragedy as we laugh at our own. The painted grin leers out at us from the darkness, mocking our insane belief in order, logic, status, the reality of reality. The mask knows that we are born on the banana skin that leads only to the open manhole cover of doom, and all we can hope for are the cheers of the crowd.”
― Making Money
― Making Money
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