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War puts burdens on people without caring whether they are ready for them or not.
The Illearth War (1977)
Retribution—ah, my friend, retribution is the sweetest of all sweet dark dreams.
The Power that Preserves (1977)
Verily, wisdom is like hunger. Perhaps it is a very fine thing—but who would willingly partake of it?
The Power that Preserves (1977)
Power is power. Its uses are in the hands of the user.
The Illearth War (1977)
It was clear to all there gathered that power is a dreadful thing, and that knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
Ah, it is hard to take pride in human history.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
A good laugh, Covenant sighed morosely. Did I do a whole life’s laughing in that little time?
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
Dreaming is like—it’s like being a slave. Your dreams come out of all the parts of you that you don’t have any control over.
The Illearth War (1977)
If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather hear something that makes sense.
The Illearth War (1977)
The task was impossible, and mortal human beings accomplished nothing but their own destruction when they attempted the impossible.
The Power that Preserves (1977)
In accepting a gift you honor the giver.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
Yet this withholding of knowledge ran against every grain of his character. He believed intensely that the refusal to share knowledge demeaned both the denier and the denied.
The Power that Preserves (1977)
“Are you wise, Unbeliever?”
“Who knows? If I am—wisdom is overrated.”
The Power that Preserves (1977)
No one person has the right to withhold knowledge from another. No one is wise enough.
The Illearth War (1977)
“That was a joke. Or a metaphor.” Covenant made another effort to turn his sarcasm into humor. “I can never tell the difference.”
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
I admit the desire. But do not tempt me. Power has a way of revenging itself upon its usurpers.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
All you need to avoid despair is irremediable stupidity or unlimited stubbornness.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
I rest and rest, but I do not become young.
The Power that Preserves (1977)
In war men pass like shadows that stain the grass,
Leaving their lives upon the green:
While Earth bewails the crimson sheen,
Men’s dreams and stars and whispers all helpless pass.
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
She said that it is the responsibility of the living to justify the sacrifices of the dead. Otherwise their deaths have no meaning.
The Power that Preserves (1977)