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d6331c9	The marvelous intricacy of the rules they'd established, the processes they'd set into motion, the miracles of subtlety and beauty, were enough to make anyone drunk with admiration and awe, and how could God, having given man the ability to reason and understand, not want him to explore all the beautiful marvels with which He'd surrounded him? She		David Weber
bd2dd27	sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them.		David Weber
0669f15	Shut not your minds to the new because the chains of the past bind you tight, for it is those who cling most desperately to the old who will turn you from the new way and lead you once more in to the paths of the unclean		David Weber
600bea2	one of the first signs of a self-destructing aboriginal culture always seems to be an increase in the use of drugs and intoxicants,		David Weber
97d6992	But every time I told myself one lie, I had to tell another to justify the ones that came before it.		David Weber
0594adb	Shergahn and friend lay like poleaxed steers, and the Daranfelian's greasy hair was thick with potatoes, carrots, gravy, and chunks of beef. His companion had less stew in his hair, but an equally large lump was rising fast, and Brandark flipped his improvised club into the air, caught it in proper dipping position, and filled it once more from the pot without even glancing at them. He raised the ladle to his nose, inhaled deeply, and glanc..	laughter sleep good humorous defeat funny humor lump steer yummy stew triumph delicious shame bully food	David Weber
3409489	This, she realized suddenly, was probably the best squadron command she would ever have--unless,		David Weber
bc6a019	That thought let her banish the grin at last, because if independent command was what every good officer craved, a captain all alone in the big dark had no one to appeal to. No one to take the credit or share the blame, for she was all alone, the final arbiter of her ship's fate and the direct, personal representative of her queen and kingdom, and if she failed that trust no power in the galaxy could save her.		David Weber
5ca8374	Hot, bright heat filled him like some ecstatic poison, and Hartan's pony shied in terror as a wordless howl burst from his throat. His dripping ears were flat to his skull, fire crackled in his brown eyes, his huge sword blurred in a whirring figure eight before him, and the brigand running at him gawked in sudden panic. The raider's feet skidded in mud as he tried to brake, but it was far too late. He was face-to-face with the worst nightm..	fear brigand ecstatic gawk hradani ecstasy steel thief skirmish heat sword panic fire fight terror poison nightmare howl	David Weber
a9c6cfe	The wise monarch listens to his generals in matters of war, to his ministers in matters of state, and to his people in matters of morality." "Ha!"		David Weber
1ab3e06	The splendor of that moment, its transcendent glory and aliveness, haunted him. He could thrust it aside by day, but it poisoned his dreams by night, calling to him and pleading with him to unlock the chains he'd bound about it.	rage dreams chain aliveness berserker haunt pleading splendor unlock haunting yearn haunted chains glory moment desire nightmare	David Weber
23b9385	that was about as good as it was going to get this side of a hot tub, a good-looking man, and a chocolate milkshake.		David Weber
fcf773d	kinesthetic		David Weber
6e810b7	She was thirteen T-years older than he, but there was something uncannily familiar about his emotions where she was concerned. Somehow, without realizing it was happening, she'd acquired a MacGuiness with a gun, and she suspected her life would never be quite the same again. She		David Weber
369fee0	You're entitled to not be strong about everything every instant. And you have the right to admit that it hurts, and that things frighten you.		David Weber
561b83a	It must come from your father's side of the family," Allison informed her with severe disapproval. "You never got that sort of dreary, plebeian logic from my genes, dear! Beowulfans' cognitive processes rely far more on the creative and intuitive manipulation of concepts without the drudgery of applying reason to them. Don't you realize how badly you can damage a perfectly good preconception or assumption if you insist on thinking about it ..		David Weber
d63268a	Victor smiled politely in return, the way someone smiles when they're thanked for having done a minor favor in times past. Held open a door in the rain, lent someone a small amount of money, butchered an ex-lover, that sort of thing.		David Weber
4ad3d14	She was never certain how long she wept, and it didn't really matter. It wasn't something to be measured by clocks, cut up into minutes and seconds.		David Weber
eb871df	Hamish Alexander stood on 's flag deck with his hands clasped behind him and tried very hard not to feel a sense of godlike power.		David Weber
c09cb78	mercy and justice are deadlier than any rifle or bayonet.		David Weber
842fbaa	reached the		David Weber
db47882	It wasn't his fault he'd been reared in a nice, safe, civilized society that protected him from the harsh reality of an older and grimmer set of imperatives.		David Weber
1023e6d	I see you're closer to on time than usual!		David Weber
a80dfe3	as his mother had always told him, ignorance could be fixed; stupid was forever. "My"		David Weber
29db804	recipient and that, as a surprise honeymoon gift, I'd		David Weber
c9b4a8c	than he expects. But it's a purely brute force approach		David Weber
ee1c445	only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons,		David Weber
b4eba1f	So in this case, knowing that you're watching our backs, as it were, will probably be worth more to both of us then having you actually at the table.		David Weber
f7b45db	that power setting produced an acceleration of over		David Weber
0626266	you people's departments		David Weber
c20b826	Admiralty House was a modest structure, only a little over a hundred stories in height,		David Weber
9423480	And for the whole system to be healthy, all parts of it must enjoy equal freedoms. And the most fundamental of all those freedoms is this: that persons must be free to read, write, say, and think what they will. Without that, all other freedoms are not merely meaningless, they are shams.		David Weber
9a9706e	penaids.		David Weber
22aced0	agreement not to discuss. "He never gets tired of comparing one physical artifact to another," Anders went on, "even if they all look pretty"		David Weber
2b95364	only a sergeant		David Weber
7600c08	No one could place two-thirds of a world's population on the Dole and keep them there forever without the entire system crashing		David Weber
349430a	Without love, there can be no true marriage; with love, there can be nothing else.		David Weber
0139d65	Insurgent, terrorist, guerrilla, or patriot. As far as he was concerned, anyone who chose violence against the helpless as his means of protest deserved the same label: barbarian, and		David Weber
32cc7e4	Roaring Deeps,		David Weber
75a3c28	The moral, Lieutenant, is that there is no such thing as a deadly weapon. There are only deadly people,		David Weber
4f10628	The only problem is, if you tell the yammerheads to shut their gobs, you don't have real representation anymore. If everyone isn't free to speak his mind, then, ultimately, no one is, and in the end, that will come home and bite everyone involved on the ass. Noise and disagreement are part of the price you pay for freedom." "The"		David Weber
987a247	need for you to infect him, since he already had a good sense		David Weber
18f2818	How do I know where my doubts over their capability stop being genuine love and concern? When my belief that they must be reeducated before they can become my equal stops being a realistic appreciation of the limitations they've been taught and becomes sophistry to bolster the status quo and protect my own rights and privileges?		David Weber
51902f2	liberty was a tree which had to be watered occasionally with the blood of patriots?		David Weber

d6331c9

The marvelous intricacy of the rules they'd established, the processes they'd set into motion, the miracles of subtlety and beauty, were enough to make anyone drunk with admiration and awe, and how could God, having given man the ability to reason and understand, not want him to explore all the beautiful marvels with which He'd surrounded him? She

David Weber

bd2dd27

sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them.

David Weber

0669f15

Shut not your minds to the new because the chains of the past bind you tight, for it is those who cling most desperately to the old who will turn you from the new way and lead you once more in to the paths of the unclean

David Weber

600bea2

one of the first signs of a self-destructing aboriginal culture always seems to be an increase in the use of drugs and intoxicants,

David Weber

97d6992

But every time I told myself one lie, I had to tell another to justify the ones that came before it.

David Weber

0594adb

Shergahn and friend lay like poleaxed steers, and the Daranfelian's greasy hair was thick with potatoes, carrots, gravy, and chunks of beef. His companion had less stew in his hair, but an equally large lump was rising fast, and Brandark flipped his improvised club into the air, caught it in proper dipping position, and filled it once more from the pot without even glancing at them. He raised the ladle to his nose, inhaled deeply, and glanc..

laughter sleep good humorous defeat funny humor lump steer yummy stew triumph delicious shame bully food

David Weber

3409489

This, she realized suddenly, was probably the best squadron command she would ever have--unless,

David Weber

bc6a019

That thought let her banish the grin at last, because if independent command was what every good officer craved, a captain all alone in the big dark had no one to appeal to. No one to take the credit or share the blame, for she was all alone, the final arbiter of her ship's fate and the direct, personal representative of her queen and kingdom, and if she failed that trust no power in the galaxy could save her.

David Weber

5ca8374

Hot, bright heat filled him like some ecstatic poison, and Hartan's pony shied in terror as a wordless howl burst from his throat. His dripping ears were flat to his skull, fire crackled in his brown eyes, his huge sword blurred in a whirring figure eight before him, and the brigand running at him gawked in sudden panic. The raider's feet skidded in mud as he tried to brake, but it was far too late. He was face-to-face with the worst nightm..

fear brigand ecstatic gawk hradani ecstasy steel thief skirmish heat sword panic fire fight terror poison nightmare howl

David Weber

a9c6cfe

The wise monarch listens to his generals in matters of war, to his ministers in matters of state, and to his people in matters of morality." "Ha!"

David Weber

1ab3e06

The splendor of that moment, its transcendent glory and aliveness, haunted him. He could thrust it aside by day, but it poisoned his dreams by night, calling to him and pleading with him to unlock the chains he'd bound about it.

rage dreams chain aliveness berserker haunt pleading splendor unlock haunting yearn haunted chains glory moment desire nightmare

David Weber

23b9385

that was about as good as it was going to get this side of a hot tub, a good-looking man, and a chocolate milkshake.

David Weber

fcf773d

kinesthetic

David Weber

6e810b7

She was thirteen T-years older than he, but there was something uncannily familiar about his emotions where she was concerned. Somehow, without realizing it was happening, she'd acquired a MacGuiness with a gun, and she suspected her life would never be quite the same again. She

David Weber

369fee0

You're entitled to not be strong about everything every instant. And you have the right to admit that it hurts, and that things frighten you.

David Weber

561b83a

It must come from your father's side of the family," Allison informed her with severe disapproval. "You never got that sort of dreary, plebeian logic from my genes, dear! Beowulfans' cognitive processes rely far more on the creative and intuitive manipulation of concepts without the drudgery of applying reason to them. Don't you realize how badly you can damage a perfectly good preconception or assumption if you insist on thinking about it ..

David Weber

d63268a

Victor smiled politely in return, the way someone smiles when they're thanked for having done a minor favor in times past. Held open a door in the rain, lent someone a small amount of money, butchered an ex-lover, that sort of thing.

David Weber

4ad3d14

She was never certain how long she wept, and it didn't really matter. It wasn't something to be measured by clocks, cut up into minutes and seconds.

David Weber

eb871df

Hamish Alexander stood on 's flag deck with his hands clasped behind him and tried very hard not to feel a sense of godlike power.

David Weber

c09cb78

mercy and justice are deadlier than any rifle or bayonet.

David Weber

842fbaa

reached the

David Weber

db47882

It wasn't his fault he'd been reared in a nice, safe, civilized society that protected him from the harsh reality of an older and grimmer set of imperatives.

David Weber

1023e6d

I see you're closer to on time than usual!

David Weber

a80dfe3

as his mother had always told him, ignorance could be fixed; stupid was forever. "My"

David Weber

29db804

recipient and that, as a surprise honeymoon gift, I'd

David Weber

c9b4a8c

than he expects. But it's a purely brute force approach

David Weber

ee1c445

only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons,

David Weber

b4eba1f

So in this case, knowing that you're watching our backs, as it were, will probably be worth more to both of us then having you actually at the table.

David Weber

f7b45db

that power setting produced an acceleration of over

David Weber

0626266

you people's departments

David Weber

c20b826

Admiralty House was a modest structure, only a little over a hundred stories in height,

David Weber

9423480

And for the whole system to be healthy, all parts of it must enjoy equal freedoms. And the most fundamental of all those freedoms is this: that persons must be free to read, write, say, and think what they will. Without that, all other freedoms are not merely meaningless, they are shams.

David Weber

9a9706e

penaids.

David Weber

22aced0

agreement not to discuss. "He never gets tired of comparing one physical artifact to another," Anders went on, "even if they all look pretty"

David Weber

2b95364

only a sergeant

David Weber

7600c08

No one could place two-thirds of a world's population on the Dole and keep them there forever without the entire system crashing

David Weber

349430a

Without love, there can be no true marriage; with love, there can be nothing else.

David Weber

0139d65

Insurgent, terrorist, guerrilla, or patriot. As far as he was concerned, anyone who chose violence against the helpless as his means of protest deserved the same label: barbarian, and

David Weber

32cc7e4

Roaring Deeps,

David Weber

75a3c28

The moral, Lieutenant, is that there is no such thing as a deadly weapon. There are only deadly people,

David Weber

4f10628

The only problem is, if you tell the yammerheads to shut their gobs, you don't have real representation anymore. If everyone isn't free to speak his mind, then, ultimately, no one is, and in the end, that will come home and bite everyone involved on the ass. Noise and disagreement are part of the price you pay for freedom." "The"

David Weber

987a247

need for you to infect him, since he already had a good sense

David Weber

18f2818

How do I know where my doubts over their capability stop being genuine love and concern? When my belief that they must be reeducated before they can become my equal stops being a realistic appreciation of the limitations they've been taught and becomes sophistry to bolster the status quo and protect my own rights and privileges?

David Weber

51902f2

liberty was a tree which had to be watered occasionally with the blood of patriots?

David Weber