Fear was the bridesmaid of regret, the butcher of ambition, the bleak forever between forward and backward.
“Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.”
― Tales of the Dying Earth
― Tales of the Dying Earth
“We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“The gods love to laugh at a happy man, however.”
― Half a War
― Half a War
“With the inevitability of a tongue returning to probe a painful tooth, we come back and back and back again to our fears, sitting to talk them over with the eagerness of a hungry man before a full and steaming plate.”
― Books of Blood, Volume Two
― Books of Blood, Volume Two
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