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June 10 - August 15, 2021
They were no longer boys and not quite men, adults in their own minds and no one else’s.
Interesante descripción del final de la adolescencia.
Bravery loved company, but Aren had long ago learned that shame was best borne alone.
Nice saying
Used to be a man’s oath was enough for truth, but honour’s long gone, and we put contracts in its place.’
Tan terriblemente cierto hoy en día!
hunger was the best spice.
El hambre es el mejor condimento.
To speak from the heart required more bravery than any physical risk. To heal a wound was so much harder than to cause one. But he’d do it, because it had to be done. He wanted his friend back.
Muy motivador.
Real apologies never came easily, especially among friends.
Tan cierto !
Every day, a person should learn something, experience something, do something that left them changed, even in a small way.
Nice purpose for each and every day!
No music is finer than the sound of people enjoying themselves. Life is laughter,
Yes, it is!
Today’s empires are tomorrow’s ashes.
Impressive History lesson in just one sentence!
Garric used to wonder what drunks thought about all day as they nursed their mugs of ale and spoke to no one. Then he became one, and he realised they weren’t thinking about anything, and that was the point.
That's the point, exactly!
There is good in the worst of us, and bad in the best.
So true
‘Answers will come in their own time, and when they do, you may wish you’d never asked.
Maybe… or maybe not
The things we value make us weak, he thought. But a man who values nothing is hardly alive at all.
A truth as big as a temple!
Let tonight be tonight, and tomorrow be tomorrow.
Exactly!
Right and wrong were just a matter of perspective. Stories and histories changed depending on the teller. Justice was an illusion. All that mattered was what you believed.
So very true right here, right now!
There were no heroes or villains here, or anywhere. He was just a man, flawed as the next, and he made his choices like the rest of them. Whether they were good choices or bad was a matter of perspective.
And thus, no better way to close this book
