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‘You’ll find that we deal mostly in could and might and possibly, Tomas. By the time something becomes a certainty it is often too late to do anything about it.’
Sometimes a man has to balance two evils in his hands, and choose the lighter one.
Where is the difference between holy and possessed? I wondered. When does miracle become magic, magic become witchcraft? Is it in the nature of the deed itself, or in the eye of the beholder? Is it decided in the telling after the fact, and if so does it depend on who does that telling? Magic was magic, but then I wouldn’t know. That was a philosophical question, I supposed, and this was no time for philosophy.
When you lead, you have to know the levers that move a person.
When people have run out of food, and hope and places to hide, do not be surprised if they have also run out of mercy.
