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Permanence of fame, power, dominion of the individual, are illusions. All that will be measured, all that will last, is your mastery of yourself.

— Pierce Brown Dark Age (2019)

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Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.

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The tragedy of the gifted is the belief they are entitled to greatness, Lysander. As a human, you are entitled only to death.

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