for a man will only toil in a mine so long as he can dream of sunny fields, and he’ll only kneel for a tyrant if he can secretly cut that tyrant’s throat in the close theater of his bowed head.
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“What is it?’ Marrock asked. ‘It’s a book,’ Brina said. ‘When we’ve read it we’ll tell you what’s in it, which is what I think you meant to ask.”
― Valor
― Valor
“I’ve done bad things, sure enough, or been party to them. But things are different now. I’m different now. Got a cause to fight for. Friends. People I believe in. Can’t change the past, but I can be a better man now.”
― Wrath
― Wrath
“women amongst them?”
― Malice
― Malice
“No, Mam’ll skin me if I’m caught fighting again.”
― Malice
― Malice
“His eyes flickered to his da’s face, saw joy in the blacksmith’s eyes as well as tears.”
― Malice
― Malice
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