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learned, and we’re too old to act, and so we try to advise all you young folk, hoping that we can save you from the mistakes we made. Mostly, we don’t. Sometimes, we do. Sometimes, that just means you make different ones, and some of them
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“Gomst's mouth framed a 'no', but every other muscle in him said 'yes'. You'd think priests would be better liars, what with their jobs and all.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
“There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
“No half measures. Some things can’t be cut in half. You can’t half-love someone. You can’t half-betray, or half-lie.”
― Emperor of Thorns
― Emperor of Thorns
“The way to break the cycle is to kill every single one of the bastards that fucked you over. Every last one of them. Kill them all. Kill their mother, kill their brothers, kill their children, kill their dog.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
“When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreciate thorns since. The thorns taught me the game. They let me understand what all those grim and serious men who've fought the Hundred War have yet to learn. You can only win the game when you understand that it IS a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him loose them all.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
The Faithful and the Fallen
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This is a group for discussing The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne. We will also be taking part in read alongs at various times in the y ...more
The Banished Lands and The Bloodsworn
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A group to discuss all books written within The Faithful and the Fallen and Of Blood and Bone, as well as The Bloodsworn, by John Gwynne. We will disc ...more
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