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‘The politics of fear. I hate politics, and politicians even more. They make a religion of being greedy. It’s unforgivable.
“She couldn’t imagine eating bats, even if she was starving.”
― Kings of Paradise
― Kings of Paradise
“At times, as he sank into the swelling evening, he felt he was on the verge of some great understanding. A sense of being more than himself stole over him, of what it felt like to live in a world that cared little for cities or castles or the worries of the folk who built them. Sometimes he was frightened by the size of this world, by the limitless depths of the evening sky salted with cold stars.”
― Stone of Farewell
― Stone of Farewell
“Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey …” Is that what dying is? Simon wondered. Is it going home? That’s not so bad.”
― Stone of Farewell
― Stone of Farewell
“It isn’t good to hold on too hard to the past. You can’t spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can’t see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be – even if it isn’t what you expected.”
― Death Masks
― Death Masks
“Gone were the antique rivalries, the mortal hatred that had so often set them against each other. Gone were the differences. And it seemed a thing of mad and tragic folly that Men might raise arms against Men, when creatures so vile so infested the world.”
― The White Luck Warrior
― The White Luck Warrior
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