“There’s nothing wrong in doubting. It sometimes leads to greater faith.”
“Some folk, too, believe what the loudest talker says. And some folk because it frightens them not to.”
“A man ought not be afraid to say he didn’t know. Nor a woman.”
“The bronze rider of Mnementh, Lord F’lar, will require quarters for himself. I, F’nor, brown rider, prefer to be lodged with the wingmen. We are, in number, twelve.” F’lar liked that touch of F’nor’s, totting up the wing strength, as if Fax were incapable of counting.”
“Ridicule was a better defense than truth.”
“The eyes of a vengeful man miss few details he can turn to advantage.”
“Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.”
“Exchange information, learn to talk sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.”
“Each egg hatched a different way, but a crack at the right time speeded things up.”
“It’s easier to flatter a man than fight him.”
“Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star passes.”
“I think for a minute, trying to invent a good lie, and come up with nothing. Hitmen are bad liars.”
“I have never even seen a witch, let alone felt the need to burn one to death. We can conclude, then, that our forefathers, equipped with the knowledge that supernatural explanations were reasonable, rounded up all the witches in existence and took care of them. The other possibility is that there are witches out there, hiding somewhere, plotting their revenge, liberally applying fireproofing compounds to themselves. And someday they may reappear and start causing trouble.”
“So, don’t believe anyone who says that since nature is based on a struggle for life, we need to live like this as well. Many animals survive not by eliminating each other or keeping everything for themselves, but by cooperating and sharing. This applies most definitely to pack hunters, such as wolves or killer whales, but also to our closest relatives, the primates.”
“I don’t know why I thought saving my tears for Alaska was a good idea. It was stupid as fuck. There’s no point in saving things for later if later never comes.”
“No matter how deep in disgrace, a human being IS human, after all.”
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