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You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel obedience, by definition you’re making a request.
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Definitions Obedience Power Request Said
..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I’m cracking just to hold it in.
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Kind Powerful Stupid
Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don’t fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules…. We don’t fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.
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Abiding Dream Shadow
My writing has a lot of surprising twists.
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Surprising Twists Writing
Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.
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Another Men Sword Wells
What people value in their books-and thus what they count as literature-really tells you more about them than it does about the book.
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Book Doe People
The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be.
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Coward Hesitated Passive Poison Would Be
When you don’t know what to do, do what’s right and do what’s in front of you. But not necessarily what’s right in front of you.
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Fronts Knows Necessarily
Dad, one of my first memories is of sharing my worry with you about the space shuttle poking holes in the atmosphere and letting out all of Earth’s air.
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Dad Funny Memories
Remember that time you tried to hump the bridge?
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Bridge Bridges Remember
Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that.
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Compared Dying Easy Moments
If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.
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Free Meaningless Say Yes
Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.
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Dark Evil Simple
Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man’s highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.
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Calling Hug Men
The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.
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Done Dukes Pretending Trying
The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.
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Giving Men Problem
Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.
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Hours Moments Ugliness
Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.
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Broken Real Simple
A wet boy has a deader, an assassin has a target, because assassins sometimes miss.
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Boys Missing Target
Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren’t taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint
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Empty Life Worthless
You might want to think twice before you try to use a man’s conscience against him. It may turn out he doesn’t have one.
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Men Thinking Trying
It had better be. It doesn’t do much when it’s soft.
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Better Much Soft
If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.
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Almost Anything Busy Get
Just because it’s a dream doesn’t mean it’s a lie.
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Dream Lying Mean
A few months ago you assassinated a man who called himself a god; now you’re going after a goddess in truth. Unless you can figure out a way to kill continents, after this you’re going to have to retire.
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Men Months Way
If I tell you a secret can you keep it quiet? “Well, I can. I’m not so sure about Doll Girl.
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Dolls Girl Secret
Love is a madness. Love is Failer – Durzo Blint
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Failer Love Madness

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