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Destiny can contain a few extra threads in her design and still accomplish her original aims.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
But regret was useless now, so he forgot it.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
But beware of gods Elric. Beware of the Lords of the Higher Worlds and remember that their aid and their gifts must always be paid for.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
And upon those three lies was Elric’s destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
“Has Fate been thwarted?”
“Fate is never thwarted. What has happened has happened because Fate willed it thus—if, indeed, there is such a thing as Fate and if men’s actions are not merely a response to other men’s actions.”
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
How the weak hate weakness.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)
If he wished he could resurrect the Dragon Isle’s former might and rule both his own land and the Young Kingdoms as an invulnerable tyrant. But his reading has also taught him to question the uses to which power is put, to question his motives, to question whether his own power should be used at all, in any cause. His reading has led him to this “morality”, which, still, he barely understands.
Elric of Melniboné (1972)