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    Steven Erikson
    “Children are dying."
    Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
    tags: kelsier
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Because I am lost," she whispered onto the earth. "And I do not know the way.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire
    tags: celaena-sardothien
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “The best lies were always mixed with truth.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight
    tags: lie, truth
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    Raymond E. Feist
    “Life is problems. Living is solving problems.”
    ― Raymond E. Feist, Silverthorn
    tags: life, meaning-of-life, truth
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, fear
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: denial, honesty, truth
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, curiosity, george-r-r-martin, tyrion-lannister, wall
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    Steven Erikson
    “Kallor shrugged. '[...] I have walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?'

    'Yes,' [said Caladan Brood.] 'You never learn.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice
    tags: malazan
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    Steven Erikson
    “Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
    The Imass shrugged before replying.
    'I think of futility, Adjunct.'
    'Do all Imass think about futility?'
    'No. Few think at all.'
    'Why is that?'
    The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her.
    'Because Adjunct, it is futile.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon
    tags: malazan
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    Steven Erikson
    “Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.”
    ― Steven Erikson, House of Chains
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    Steven Erikson
    “Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself
    tags: abercrombie, logen-ninefingers
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Life – the way it really is – is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse’ Joseph Brodsky”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
    tags: learning, life-lessons, mistakes
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
    tags: law, rules, war
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
    tags: ignorance, travel, wisdom
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
    tags: truth
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become… at least they have one.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged
    tags: death-note
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    Mark Lawrence
    “Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
    tags: art, revenge, science
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    Mark Lawrence
    “The biggest lies we save for ourselves.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
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    Mark Lawrence
    “Memory is all we are. Moments and feelings, captured in amber, strung on filaments of reason. Take a man’s memories and you take all of him. Chip away a memory at a time and you destroy him as surely as if you hammered nail after nail through his skull.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns
    tags: memory, memory-loss
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    Mark Lawrence
    “Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns
    tags: memories, past
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    Mark Lawrence
    “There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns
    tags: children, silence
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    Mark Lawrence
    “I’m a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Fools
    tags: bravery, cheat, coward, fair-play, honesty, liar
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    Mark Lawrence
    “Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.”
    ― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Fools
    tags: character, cowards, flaw, humanity, madmen, sanity, tragedy
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