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“It is easy to be judged a success when luck runs with the fortunate son. But when adversity strikes, the true measure of a man percolates to the surface.”
― Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
― Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
“The Queen gave no reply. A calmness had come over here. One born from being pushed beyond the Queen’s limit.
No punishment, no act of vengeance, no war, no amount of blood, and no retribution that the realm had already seen, would hold a candle to what she would bring”
― A Flood of Faith and Folly
No punishment, no act of vengeance, no war, no amount of blood, and no retribution that the realm had already seen, would hold a candle to what she would bring”
― A Flood of Faith and Folly
“To read without joy is stupid.”
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“Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.”
― The Complete Chronicles of Conan
― The Complete Chronicles of Conan
“don’t suck your thumb, i’m near.
lean forward, suck in the gut.
scraped knees don’t hurt,
i can see through any walls.
no, this is the purveyance always.
transcends sight and follows you.
you’re a man, or not, now.
but i can still see through walls.
so, don’t suck your thumb, boy.
~”
― PFI: Poetry Collection
lean forward, suck in the gut.
scraped knees don’t hurt,
i can see through any walls.
no, this is the purveyance always.
transcends sight and follows you.
you’re a man, or not, now.
but i can still see through walls.
so, don’t suck your thumb, boy.
~”
― PFI: Poetry Collection
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The Guttering Flame
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