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“Jesus!"
"Are you hurt?"
"Jesus!"
"Walk down the hallway and come back when you have more vocabulary.”
― Death Without Company
"Are you hurt?"
"Jesus!"
"Walk down the hallway and come back when you have more vocabulary.”
― Death Without Company
“It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.”
― The Postman
― The Postman
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“The dark warrior jumped high into the air, his knees almost striking his chest, then landed in a crouch and leapt back up spinning around, his sword slicing the air. And I wondered how it was possible for him to move like that in mail...
Beynor just stood there, rooted to the ground like an ash. "Heimdall's hairy ballsack," he said, "he's a giant flea!”
― Odin's Wolves
Beynor just stood there, rooted to the ground like an ash. "Heimdall's hairy ballsack," he said, "he's a giant flea!”
― Odin's Wolves
“Do not let fear touch you. Fear is the torrent. The raging river. To fight it is to break and drown. But to stand astride it is to see it, feel it, and use its course for your own whims.”
― Iron Gold
― Iron Gold
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
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