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Barry Mann
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When you’re surrounded by desert, it’s inconceivable to think there are places that flood.
“Even given the advantage of a surprise attack, it was vain to believe that a few hundred men fighting against thousands would lead to anything but annihilation.”
― The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
― The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
“Babies are such blank slates. They don’t come into this world with the assumptions their parents have made, or the promises their church will give, or the ability to sort people into groups they like and don’t like.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“Last night there seemed to be a chance. Anything was possible last night. That was the trouble with last nights. They were always followed by this mornings.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles’ hands, he offered them money, saying, ‘Give me also this power, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’ But Peter said to him, ‘May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!”
― Conclave
― Conclave
“Winners never talk about glorious victories. That’s because they’re the ones who see what the battlefield looks like afterward. It’s only the losers who have glorious victories.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
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