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04a2c82
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It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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23b537e
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No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.
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magic
world
faith
mystery
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R.A. Salvatore |
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720d796
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Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.
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joy
companionship
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R.A. Salvatore |
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fa80c91
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How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?"
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world
past
truth
simper
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R.A. Salvatore |
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76a3c4a
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Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.
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time
actions
fables
necessary
peace
failure
frustration
nostalgia
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R.A. Salvatore |
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81769f2
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Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each of us, have a responsibility (if we do not like where we are) to move along life's road, to find a better path if this one does not suit, or to walk happily along this one if it is indeed our life's way. Changing even the bad things that have gone before would fundamentally change who we are, and whether or n..
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hope
regret
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R.A. Salvatore |
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fb1f9d8
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Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting the correct course of action."
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advantage
warrior
luck
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R.A. Salvatore |
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96ccb47
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Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are lasting if the flesh is not.
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mourning
death
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R.A. Salvatore |
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b3b42af
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I don't have to prove my worth and value to any but those I love, and that I do by being who I am, with confidence that those I love appreciate the good and accept the bad. Does anything else really matter?
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R.A. Salvatore |
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aabc709
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There is a place within each of us where we cannot hide from the truth, where virtue sits as judge. To admit the truth of our actions is to go before that court, where process is irrelevant. Good and evil are intents, and intent is without excuse.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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be836e8
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Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship.
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love
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R.A. Salvatore |
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7f4d4af
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There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.
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pain
joy
journey
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c01bd94
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The physical powers of the body cannot be separated from the rationale of the mind and the emotions of the heart. They are one and the same, a compilation of a singular being. It is in the harmony of these three-body, mind, and heart- that we find spirit.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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6439672
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Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drizzt Do'Urden" --
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war
darkness
power
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2908524
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First blood is mine.
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funny
lolz
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R.A. Salvatore |
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f0c7024
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Never confuse honor with stupidity!
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stupidity
humor
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2c2f66e
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A world without dragons is a world not worth living in.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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4a5f6e3
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But what of faith? What of fidelity and loyalty? Complete trust? Faith is not granted by tangible proof. It comes from the heart and the soul. If a person needs proof of god's existence, then the very notion of spirituality is diminished into sensuality and we have reduced what is holy into what is logical.-Drizzt Do'urden
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religion
god
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c1a5611
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A span of a few heartbeats can make for a greater memory than the sum of a mundane year.-Catti-brie
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R.A. Salvatore |
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70f6a21
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Loss of empathy might well be the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all, the silent blade of an unseen enemy, tearing at our hearts and stealing more than our strength. Stealing our will, for what are we without empathy? What manner of joy might we find in our live if we cannot understand the joys and pains of those around us, if we cannot share in a greater community.
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r.a. salvatore |
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796d674
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Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a better world could and would be made. He had never held any illusions that he would change the world, of course, or even a substantial portion of it, but he always held strongly that fighting to better just his own little pocket of the world was a worthwhile cause.
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hero
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R.A. Salvatore |
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f814137
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There is one other error in the Gondsman's line of resoning, I believe, on ap urely emotional level. If machines replace achievement, then to what will people aspire? And who are we, truly, without such goals? Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunity should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual.
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aspire
individual
equal
goals
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R.A. Salvatore |
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cb16556
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You view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own ends, and thus you, in your stubborn independance, reject them. The gods are within, I say, whether one has named his own or not. You have followed Mielikki all your life, Drizzt. You merely never had a name to put on your heart."
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god
heart
mielikki
montolio
sojourn
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R.A. Salvatore |
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460d1f3
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Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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e9f9ac9
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But love, honest love, requires empathy. It is a sharing--of joy, of pain, of laughter, and of tears. Honest love makes one's soul a reflection of the partner's moods. And as a room seems larger when it is lined with mirrors, so do the joys become amplified. And as the individual items within the mirrored room seem less acute, so does pain diminish and fade, stretched thin by the sharing. That is the beauty of love, whether in passion or fr..
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the-silent-blade
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R.A. Salvatore |
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d1fa182
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It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them... At least he who reaches will get a good stretch, a good view, and perhaps even a low-hanging apple for his efforts.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2aea9c6
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There is a difference between finding trouble in your path and going out of your way searching for it." -Jacen Solo"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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e228a81
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Damn you to Lolth's web!" he said. "Don't you dare pretend if doesn't matter to you!" "Why do you care?" Drizzt growled back at him. "No one who has ever made a difference?" "Do you believe that?" "What do you want from me, son of Baenre?" "Just the truth-your truth. You believe that you have never made a difference?" "Perhaps there is no difference to be made," Drizzt replied. "Do not ever say that," Jarlaxle said to him. "Why do you care?..
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hertiage
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R.A. Salvatore |
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9137690
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The gods of the realms are many and varied -- or they are the many and varied names and identities tagged onto the same being. I know not -- and care not -- which.
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religion
inspirational
gods
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R.A. Salvatore |
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9e8cac6
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As I became a creature of the empty tunnels, survival became easier and more difficult all at once. I gained in the physical skills and experience necessary to live on. I could defeat almost anything that wandered into my chosen domain. It did not take me long, however, to discover one nemesis that I could neither defeat nor flee. It followed me wherever I went - indeed, the farther I ran, the more it closed in around me. My enemy was solit..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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4c45853
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Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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e03c72b
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Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I would hope is true for all adults, thought I know from bitter experience that such is not often the case. To act in a manner designed to catapult you into heaven would seem transparent to a god, any god,for if ones heart is not in allignment with the creator of that heaven, then... what is the point?
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heaven
morality
religion
god
ghost-king
r-a-salvatore
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R.A. Salvatore |
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1db4b27
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Never seem to have a Death Star lying around when you need one." -Han Solo"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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a865808
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Selfishly, perhaps, Catti-brie had determined that the assassin was her own business. He had unnerved her, had stripped away years of training and discipline and reduced her to the quivering semblance of a frightened child. But she was a young woman now, no more a girl. She had to personally respond to that emotional humiliation, or the scars from it would haunt her to her grave, forever paralyzing her along her path to discover her true po..
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woman
life
unnerved
emotional
paralyzing
potential
humiliation
training
discipline
scars
young
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R.A. Salvatore |
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71e8638
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Every day is a chance to start over. Any day can be bad, surely, but any day can be good, can be great, and that promise, that potential, is a beautiful thing indeed.
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inspirational
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R.A. Salvatore |
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e081ef3
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In my travels on the surface, I once met a man who wore his religious beliefs like a badge of honor upon the sleeves of his tunic. "I am a Gondsman!" he proudly told me as we sat beside eachother at a tavern bar, I sipping my wind, and he, I fear, partaking a bit too much of his more potent drink. He went on to explain the premise of his religion, his very reason for being, that all things were based in science, in mechanics and in discover..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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d69a40d
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Farewell, my friend," Drizzt whispered, trying futilely to keep his voice from breaking. :This journey you make alone."
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R.A. Salvatore |
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b5ebaee
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I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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dfd24db
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Drizzt had always suspected it, but now it was confirmed, that "welcome" was his favortie word in the Common Tongue, and a word, he understood with no equivalent in the language of the drow."
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R.A. Salvatore |
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b0c2bec
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What good is your gold if your friends will not lift you when you have fallen? How long lived our memory of you when you are gone? Because in the end, that is the only measure. In the end, when life's last flickers fade, all that remains is memory. Richness, in the final measure, is not weighed in gold coins, but in the number of people you have touched, the tears of those who mourn your passing, and the fond remembrances of those who conti..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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bf9d70d
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We all are prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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0c14b43
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Regweld is really a fine wizard," he continued, patting the shoulder again. "And his ideas for crossbreeding a horse and a frog are not without merit; never mind the explosion! Alchemy shops can be replaced!"
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fantasy
humor
icewind-dale
r-a-salvatore
frog
horse
wizards
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R.A. Salvatore |
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6a8d991
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To learn how to use a sword, one must first master when to use a sword.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c00cb87
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emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy. It is to know the past and to use such relevant history as a template for expectations. It is, most of all, to force reason ahead of instinct, to refuse to demonize that which you hate, and to, most of all, accept your own fallibility.
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R.A. Salvatore |