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"The next story when I read it is called, 'Three Bladed Doom'." — Dec 10, 2025 07:45AM
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"I just finished reading 'Boot Hill Pay-Off' another enjoyable story for 'June On The Range', an on going Booktube event. I'm taking a break from Western stories for a while as there's other stories calling." — Jun 11, 2025 07:46AM
"I just finished reading 'Boot Hill Pay-Off' another enjoyable story for 'June On The Range', an on going Booktube event. I'm taking a break from Western stories for a while as there's other stories calling." — Jun 11, 2025 07:46AM
“In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.”
― The Fall of Hyperion
― The Fall of Hyperion
“After fifty-five years of dedicating his life and work to the story of ethical systems, Sol Weintraub had come to a single, unshakable conclusion: any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.”
― Hyperion
― Hyperion
“No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.”
― The Hellbound Heart
― The Hellbound Heart
“The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.”
― Endymion
― Endymion
“Ye wanna steer clear o' 'im and 'is little friends. Ye shall come to a nasty end nosin' 'bout that gent."
The Spy knew the refrain. He wondered aloud as to the nature of these little friends.
"Ain't ever seen 'em, just 'eard of 'em. Cripples and deformed ones. Some ain't got no arms or legs is what I 'ear. they crawl along behind 'im, see? Wrigglin' in the dirt all ruddy worm-like."
"He's got an entourage of folk without arms," the Spy said, raising his brows toward the brim of his cocked hat. "Or legs. Following him wherever he goes."
"Some got arms, some don't. Some got legs, some don't. Some got neither. That's what I 'ear." The farmer shrugged, made the sign of warding again, and would say no more on the matter.”
― The Croning
The Spy knew the refrain. He wondered aloud as to the nature of these little friends.
"Ain't ever seen 'em, just 'eard of 'em. Cripples and deformed ones. Some ain't got no arms or legs is what I 'ear. they crawl along behind 'im, see? Wrigglin' in the dirt all ruddy worm-like."
"He's got an entourage of folk without arms," the Spy said, raising his brows toward the brim of his cocked hat. "Or legs. Following him wherever he goes."
"Some got arms, some don't. Some got legs, some don't. Some got neither. That's what I 'ear." The farmer shrugged, made the sign of warding again, and would say no more on the matter.”
― The Croning
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