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Tiamak closed his eyes to make a short prayer of thanks, hoping that the gods, like children, could be confirmed in good behavior by praise.

— Tad Williams To Green Angel Tower (1993)

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She didn’t know which she liked less, having people tell lies about her or having people know the truth.

To Green Angel Tower (1993)

Strangely, although the world is already full of fearful things, mortals seems always to hunt for new worries.

To Green Angel Tower (1993)

Ambitious men never believe others aren’t the same.

The Dragonbone Chair (1988)

The last thing a drunkard loses, you see, is his cunning: it outlasts his soul by a long season.

To Green Angel Tower (1993)

Things are not always as old songs tell them to be—especially when it is concerning dragons.

Stone of Farewell (1990)

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When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.

Basil of Caesarea

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside.

Plato

To feel the supreme and moving beauty of the spectacle to which Nature invites her ephemeral guests! … that is what I call prayer.

Claude Debussy Claude Debussy: His Life and Works (1933)

"O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small."

John F. Kennedy

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