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September 22 - September 25, 2023
this was only the first of a great many bad days to come.
If there was one thing I’d learned in life, it was that honour just gets you into trouble.
‘But most of the terrible things that happen in this land don’t happen because of evil men, not really. They happen because of people who just don’t know any better.
When you’re fighting a crowd, it’s good to shout potentially threatening things like ‘Crossbows!’ or ‘Fire!’ or ‘Giant Flying Cat!’ every once in a while.
“Judge Fair, Ride Fast, Fight Hard”
The world isn’t a romantic stage play; it’s not all love or glory. And a swordfight isn’t always about skill or strength; sometimes – maybe even most times – it’s about who’s willing to take a blow just to make sure he delivers a worse one to his opponent.
Our nation is weakened by a system that breeds a visceral hatred so deep that most people would as soon see the world burn as stay as it is, but lack the will to try and change it.’
it’s as good a reason for dying as any. It’s just not a very good reason for living.’
‘For the same reason we don’t try to teach cats to count. They’re either too fucking stupid or they just don’t care.’
‘No one can tell you but yourself. That’s what being free means – not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to take a stand and say what you’ll die for.’
