“Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“In order to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“To obtain victory by any means and with any weapon.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“It is our duty to ensure we have a peace worth fighting for.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“Why?’ asked Jack. ‘Because I chopped the man’s head off.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“No one said living isn't a pretty chancy business, Sibyl. No one gets out of here alive.”
― Chris Bohjalian, quote from Midwives
“It seemed like a joke, how much all of these dudes looked alike, like living was so hard it just erased your features, rubbed out anything distinctive.”
― Gillian Flynn, quote from Dark Places
“It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, and his gun and his wagon, and his waiting horses. She had no conception of what was being asked of her, but she knew that there could be no viable alternative. She dashed inside the orphanage and grabbed the few things that belonged to her.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Centennial
“Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of lives that are clobbered yearly as a result of laws: outmoded laws; laws that found their way onto the books as a result of ignorance, hysteria or political haymaking; antilife laws; biased laws; laws that pretend that reality is fixed and nature is definable; laws that deny people the right to refuse protection. A survey such as that could keep a dozen dull sociologists out of mischief for months.”
― Tom Robbins, quote from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“For a moment the highlander lay quietly and studied the room in silent leisure, allowing the sleep to disperse and his rested mind to awaken fully.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from The Sword of Shannara
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