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“Like a horseman who reins in a wild stallion that has borne him, will he, nill he, across several counties; or a ship's captain who, after scudding before a gale through a bad night, hoists sail, and gets underway once more, navigating through unfamiliar seas- thus Dr. Daniel Waterhouse, anno domini 1685, watching King Charles II die at Whitehall Palace.”
― Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver

“Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”
― Garth Nix, Sabriel

“Life, some said, is a railway station where one almost always enters, or gets put into, the wrong carriage.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Labyrinth of the Spirits