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""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
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As a dieheart Voltron fan who has to get my human hands on everything from Beast King Golion to Vehicle Force to the latest episodes of Legendary Defender, I was extremely excited in the opportunity to purchase and read this omnibus. I must say, out
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"Contemporary jokes in here will be incomprehensible to people a generation down the line, but they are hysterical now. Apology video, how to wear pants..." — Nov 08, 2024 10:29PM
"Contemporary jokes in here will be incomprehensible to people a generation down the line, but they are hysterical now. Apology video, how to wear pants..." — Nov 08, 2024 10:29PM
“The power of one man doesn't amount to much. But, however little strength I'm capable of... I'll do everything humanly possible to protect the people I love, and in turn they'll protect the ones they love. It seems like the least we tiny humans can do for each other”
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“If the ways of this world are based on equivalent exchange, as alchemy says, then in order to allow for a new generation to enjoy good fortune, then the price that we must pay is to carry the bodies of the dead across a river of blood.”
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“Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.”
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
“For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.”
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
“Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this."
But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all."
His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all."
His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
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