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“Better to say nothing and be thought a fool,” said Amarelle, “than to interfere in the business of wizards and remove all doubt.”

— Scott Lynch A Year and a Day in Old Theradane (2014)

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“I sometimes think that ‘friend’ is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.”

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When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.

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I have always found the presumptions of others to be the best possible disguise—haven’t you?

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You can’t help being young, but it’s past time that you stopped being stupid.

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There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.

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