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Music trains the mind, like mathematics, or logic, to precision of mind.

— Guy Gavriel Kay Tigana (1990)

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He didn’t think he would understand the strangeness of life if he lived to be a hundred years old.

Tigana (1990)

When power is gone the memory of power lingers.

Tigana (1990)

I suppose being right will have to compensate me for being poor—the story of my life, I fear.

Tigana (1990)

In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.

Tigana (1990)

“Sometimes the blind to do with the blind.”
“Yeah,” said Ned. “Straight over cliffs.”

Ysabel (2007)

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