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"No, don't think. Just walk. The time for pain and hatred and grief would come after I was away."

"Time blurs so much of worth, so much of learning unused, so many of the daily pleasures that shape a life, too small to make grand memories."

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"I had vowed on the shields of my ancestors never to weep again."

"I understand that kind of fear." Fear of the things men do to each other out of greed and ignorance and jealousy. Fear that cripples your life and makes you lash out, not just at strangers, but at those you love.'

'...those whose bellies are pinched by hunger know nothing of holidays.'