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“People”—Geralt turned his head—“like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe
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“I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its knees what you would probably come up with is narcotics.”
― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
“anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing. The difference between an experienced leader and an untested one is that only the untested one is shocked at how well they can pretend when their hand is forced.”
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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“Under,” he said in a shaky voice, “normal circumstances, I’d certainly be in love with you.” “Nobody falls in love under normal circumstances,” she said softly, rubbing his finger with her warm thumb. He restrained an impulse to look to see if there was still ink on it. “Love isn’t in the category of normal things. Not any worthwhile kind of love, anyway.”
― The Bible Repairman and Other Stories
― The Bible Repairman and Other Stories
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