“I manage because I have to. Because I've no other way out. Because I've overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I've understood that they are a pitiful defense against being different. Because I've understood that the sun shines differently when something changes. The sun shines differently, but it will continue to shine, and jumping at it with a hoe isn't going to do anything.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
“What is truth? The negation of lies? Or the statement of a fact? And if the fact is a lie, what then is the truth?”
― Sword of Destiny
― Sword of Destiny
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
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