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January 1 - January 31, 2022
The freedom of not having to care.
They could reminisce about how terrible Bridge Four had been, and agree that eternal fires were much more pleasant.
“The people who exist to be saved or to be killed. The group in the middle. The ones who can’t do anything but die or be protected. The victims.
Was he really the only one who saw how frivolous that was? Strength for strength’s sake? What good was strength unless you did something with it?
A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
Never fight other men except when forced to in war. Bang! Let your actions defend you, not your words. Bang! Expect honor from those you meet, and give them the chance to live up to it. Bang! Rule as you would be ruled. Bang!
I believe that my own morality—which answers only to my heart—is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.”
Death comes to all. But life comes first. Cherish it.
“You’re young,” Teft said. “I’m old.” “That makes you wiser, presumably?” “Damnation no,” Teft said. “The only thing it proves is that I’ve more experience staying alive than you.
They understood one another, and that enabled them to push in places that hurt.
