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#1

“First off, contrary to popular belief, I'm as human as you are. One of us should probably be ashamed of that. I'm not entirely sure that it's me.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: belief, human, humanity, identity, label, presence, self-identity, shame

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#2

“May you reign supreme but never unchallenged.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: challenge, encouragement, power, reign, villainy

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#3

“I don't make monsters.
Definitions make monsters.
You make definitions.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: deciding, definitions, labels, making, monsters, names, self-worth, words

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#4

“The road to powerful magical items is paved with good intentions and hideous deathtraps.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: danger, deathtrap, good-intentions, magic, magical-items, power

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#5

“Dark Lords shatter destiny; it's what we do.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: break, break-the-status-quo, dark-lord, destiny, shatter, what-we-do, you-had-one-job

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#6

“Punching your companions is unhelpful. Go into the forest and practice unarmed combat against a tree.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: aggravation, anger, companions, forest, practice, punching, tree, unarmed-combat

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#7

“The person who has never considered “non servium” may have a fatal weakness in the legs. Train yourself to kneel instead of think, and you will not enjoy an opponent who knows how to stand.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

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#8

“And lo, at the moment when she needed it most, she found the force within her. She didn't find it in time to avoid having her head bitten off, but she sure did die enlightened.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: die, enlightened, female-hero, force, funny, gore, humor

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#9

“When I started out, all I knew was that I was not going to stay where I'd been. I was going to change. I was going to make my part of the world into something that I wanted–not wait, hope, or beg for the world to start to want me.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: change, confidence, diy, empowerment, power, start, wait, want

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#10

“I am a product of the flames which burnt me; the anvil which forged me; and the will that made me grow formidable instead of breaking.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: break, fire, forge, formidable, growth, live-in-the-moment, power, strength

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#11

“Give me the ridiculous, because it's a gateway to the sublime.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: believe, gateway, give-me-everything, go-for-it, i-want-it-all, ridiculous, sublime, try

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#12

“They hate being unable to control you.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: control, empowerment, hero, individuality, power, society, villain

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#13

“I have a theory: A long time ago, someone cursed the trees with a touch of ambition.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: ambition, consequences, growth, magic, magick, theory, trees

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#14

“Stories. They only belong to the people if the people demand to speak.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: demand, empowerment, people, power, speak, speak-up, stories, voices

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#15

“I am a Namer.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: control, decisions, i-am, identity, label, name, namer, power

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#16

“Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. True friends help you move the bodies of those who turned out not to have been friends to begin with.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: bodies, dedication, friends, hide, lies, loyalty, reveal, trust, truth

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#17

“This is a lesson in creation: The first blood of blood magic is always your own.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: blood, blood-magic, creation, dedication, lesson, magic, sacrifice

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#18

“How often must you be betrayed before you see that others are taking your kindness for weakness, your silence for an inability to speak?”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: betrayal, defeat, kindness, mistake, power, silence, speak-up, try, weakness

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#19

“I was imprisoned, and no-one freed me.
I cried for help, and no-one freed me.
Eventually, I shook off my chains and I returned.
They said, 'Why do you no longer love us?'
I said, 'I realized that you have always been my chains.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: centuries, djinn, mythical, prison, progression, revenge, stories

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#20

“There's not a lot in this world as motivational as a firm belief in an unbending universal morality which just happens to place you on the side of the angels.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: angels, belief, morality, motivation, taking-sides, the-right-side, universal-law

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#21

“And sadly, fairytale kingdoms work poorly. It’s not just that they’re fairytales and thus not terribly real; we’ve seen stranger and more mythical attempts at leadership in our time. The problem is that Fairytales attract Good Faeries, and thus Bad Faeries; Evil Queens; Huntsmen, and, of course, The Grand Vizier. And all of those tend to lead to ruination.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: fairytales, grand-vizier, rulership

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#22

“I didn’t know this was where I’d end up, and if you try to tell me that the hurt, the pain, the personal choices, and the perseverance were all just part of someone else's plan, I'll laugh at you until I can barely breathe.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

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#23

“It’s a little-known fact, but Unicorns are something like 20% paint, and their horns are stolen exclusively from endangered species.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: fantasy-humor, humor, myths, unicorns

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#24

“Orcs live in caves. Goblins live in shadows. It's the pain of distance versus the pain of proximity.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

tags: dark-fantasy, goblins, orcs

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