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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.
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But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.
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It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.
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There is no logic to grief.
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It's all right to need help. All of us have things we can't do alone.
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Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.
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There's not such thing as magic that does no harm.
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What happened when people who'd once possessed absolute power suddenly lost it?
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But though I repeated my plea, and waited on my knees for nearly an hour, there was no answer.
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Good intentions are pointless without the will to implement them.
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I...regret...what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless.
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Otherwise it was quiet--that eerie, not-quite-comforting quiet one finds in small towns before dawn.
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When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better."
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Unconditional love: childhood's greatest magic.
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436ecf9
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I'd come down sick. (I had. It was called adolescence, an evil, evil disease.)
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e980092
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Well. Adolescence is all about making mistakes.
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Unreasoning optimism is a fundamental element of childishness.
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Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.
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Magic is merely communication, after all.Communication, and conduits.
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If they will not love me, fear is an acceptable substitute.
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Fear was like poison to mortals; it killed their rationality.
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Those with power would always find some way to exert it over those who didn't.
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Peace is meaningless without freedom.
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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the Fifth, and master of all.
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Syenite wonders if there is any point in hating a crazy man. It's not like he'll notice, anyway.
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Weapons have no need of friends.
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My people didn't use mysterious powers to track you; we used deduction. Much more reliable.
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Honor in safety, survival under threat. Better a living coward than a dead hero.
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The Leadership legends have the air of a myth concocted to justify their place in society.
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It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.
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You're abbreviating heavily, not lying. That's what you tell yourself.
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When we say that "the world has ended," remember--it is usually a lie. The planet is just fine.
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Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.
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