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It’s better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die

Brent Weeks

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
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
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
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
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
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
There’s no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there’s something that still swells my chest. There’s magic in that…. It tells me that’s the way things are supposed to be.
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Guarantees Magic Sacrifice Something Winning
Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.
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Hours Moments Ugliness
Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn’t matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently.
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Born Matter Mountain
Just because it’s a dream doesn’t mean it’s a lie.
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Dream Lying Mean
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
Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man’s highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.
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Calling Hug Men
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
Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.
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Another Men Sword Wells
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
The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.
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Giving Men Problem

It’s better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die

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