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“You’re trying to bait a man ambushed in the forest with humanitarianism, calling on his nobler feelings. You’re asking him, as I understand, to deign not to spill the blood of the brigands who attacked him. He’s to take pity on the thugs because the thugs are poor, have got wives, children and, who knows, maybe even mothers.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Man makes his own wyrd, and let the gods keep feasting while men work to solve their problems.”
― Alaric Longward, The Snake Catcher

“it would be moral to force someone to do something which they would volunteer for if they were a moral person in possession of all of the facts.”
― Tim Underwood, Civilization: Barbarians: A 4X lit novel

“I love an optimist. I truly do. But not a liar.”
― Alaric Longward, The Bane of Gods