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“I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
“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
“We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough room in a man's head for sanity alongside each grief, each worry, each terror that he owns. I’m well used to burying such things in a dark cellar and moving on.”
― 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
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