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His destiny had betrayed him, had made him a destroyer on a scale that humbled even Caine. Destiny, he understood with bitter certainty, could not be trusted.

— Matthew Stover Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

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"The problem with happy endings," Tan'elkoth said, "is that nothing is ever truly over."

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Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.

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A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.

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This is the most valuable lesson one can teach a fanatic: that fanaticism is self-defeating.

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When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

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