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“Sun Tzu tells us it’s okay to burn your enemy’s bridges, but always to leave one bridge intact for the enemy to retreat.
“Ah, youth. It's like heroin you've smoked instead of snorted. Gone so fast you can't believe you still have to pay for it.”
― Beat the Reaper
― Beat the Reaper
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”
― Out of the Dark
― Out of the Dark
“It's a weird curse, when you think about it. We're built for thought, and civilization, more than any other creature we've found. And all we really want to be is killers. ”
― Beat the Reaper
― Beat the Reaper
“If at first you don’t succeed, try again. If at second you don’t succeed, beg for help.”
― Beware of Chicken 2
― Beware of Chicken 2
“Strength is the first virtue,” Alera said. “That is not a pleasant fact. Its distastefulness does not alter the truth that without strength to protect them, all other virtues are ephemeral, ultimately meaningless.”
― First Lord's Fury
― First Lord's Fury
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