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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“... as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.”
― The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
― The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
“Nobody steals books but your friends.”
― The Guns of Avalon
― The Guns of Avalon
“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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