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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.

Brent Weeks

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
Remember that time you tried to hump the bridge?
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Bridge Bridges Remember
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
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
How can one love the light and live in darkness?
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Darkness Light Love One
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
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
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
A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions – Durzo Blint
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Greatest Illusion Men Treasure
Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.
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Hours Moments Ugliness
Delusional people tend to believe in what they’re doing.
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Believe Delusional People
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
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
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
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

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