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“Throw away too much of your past and you abandon the person who walked those days. When you pare away at yourself you can reinvent, that’s true enough, but such whittling always seems to reveal a lesser man, and promises to leave you with nothing at the end.”
― The Liar's Key
― The Liar's Key
“Nothing paralyses a man so well as choice.”
― The Wheel of Osheim
― The Wheel of Osheim
“Enjoy the world while you can I say. A shallow enough philosophy by which to live, but shallow is what I've got. Besides deep is apt to drown you.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
“Battles are all about strategy, and strategy pivots on priorities. Since my priorities were Prince Jalan, Prince Jalan, and Prince Jalan, with “looking good” a distant fourth, I took the opportunity to resume running away. I find that the main thing about success is the ability to act in the moment. A hero attacks in the moment; a good coward runs in it. The rest of the world waits for the next moment and ends up as crow food.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
“It's good to steer a man in the direction he intended to go. It blurs the line between what he wants and what you want.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
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