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I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,” I heard myself saying, “and suddenly know that life will be impossible without them.

Bernard Cornwell

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.
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Absence Imply Magic Trick
We discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such voyages and never care about the destination. Love is a voyage too, a voyage with no destination except death, but a voyage of bliss.
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Destination Love Lust Men Such Voyage
This is our land, mixed with our blood, strengthened with our bone. Ours!
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Blood Bone Land Our Strengthened
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
Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).
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Arared Fate Ful Inexorable
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
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
Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you’ll weep yourself to death.
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Death Jest Justice Laughing Life
The only mercy of children is that they grow up, as my son has but then, tragically, they beget more children. We do not learn life’s lessons.
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Beget Children Lesson Mercy Son Tragically
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
Writing is a solitary occupation.
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Occupation Solitary 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
Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.
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Fool Love Regret Savage Song Start
You know what circumcision is, Private?
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Circumcision Knows Private
So far it’s 43 books in 25 years.
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Book Far Years
Know that their voice can make your heart miss a beat and that their company is all your happiness can ever desire and that their absence will leave your soul alone, bereft and lost.
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Alone Company Happiness Leave Lost Miss Soul

I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,” I heard myself saying, “and suddenly know that life will be impossible without them.

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