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“And you, keep him away from strong drink, weak women, and men who own their own dice. Understand?”
“Civilization is a kind of prayer: that by right action we might bring to pass the peace and quiet that is the ardent desire of every decent heart. But nature resists, for even in the heart of so great a city as Meidua, on so civilized a world as Delos, a young man might simply take a wrong turn and be set upon by brigands. No prayer is perfect, nor any city.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence
“those who refuse to consider what they do are cloaked in the shadow of stupidity, but they enjoy the shade. It is cool and comfortable there.”
― The Thicket
― The Thicket
“In the history of art, unlike that of science, what comes after is not necessarily better than what came before.”
― Our Culture, What's Left Of It
― Our Culture, What's Left Of It
“but already there were so many laws that a man was either a lawbreaker or a hypocrite.”
― Kings of Broken Things
― Kings of Broken Things
“It behooves us ill to look back and point fingers, saying, ‘Ah, that should not have happened. That should not have been allowed.’ Such a perspective is granted only to men staring backward, Sir William. For those of us with the will to go forward, it is as if we walk blindfolded into a dark room. Not every false step or stumble can be judged after the moment has passed, nor should it be.”
― Stormbird
― Stormbird
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