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The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

Bernard Cornwell

But when you have order, you don’t need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected.
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Dark Order Powerful
This is our land, mixed with our blood, strengthened with our bone. Ours!
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Blood Bone Land Our Strengthened
So far it’s 43 books in 25 years.
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Book Far Years
Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don’t take chances then you’ll never have a winning hand, and I’ve no regrets.
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Hands Regret Winning
You know what circumcision is, Private?
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Circumcision Knows Private
We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.
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Amass Army Children Feasts Land
The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.
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Absence Imply Magic Trick
The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.
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Friendship Kings Queens Writing
A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.
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Battle Enemy Men Watching
And yes, there’s a simplicity to writing books because you’re not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
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Book Decision Team Writing
Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that’s more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won’t it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew?
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Awkward God Heaven Latin Suppose
Every day is ordinary, until it isn’t.
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Day Every Ordinary Unit
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel – too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.
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Book Thinking Travel Vacation
You’ll call me damned Jew, a Christ murderer, a secret worshipper of pigs and a kidnapper of Christian children. How absurd! Who would want to kidnap children, Christian or otherwise? Vile things.
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Children Christian Grow Up
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
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Easier Occupation
Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).
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Arared Fate Ful Inexorable

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