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If there ever comes a day when I deliberately embrace ignorance, I’ll have lived one day too long.

— Jim C. Hines Revisionary (2016)

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Hon, nobody eats fried chicken because it’s good for them.

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Power makes people believe they’re invulnerable.

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If a god ever decides to talk to you, the best thing you can do is pretend you don’t hear him.

Goblin War (2008)

The behavior of animals does not provide moral justification for human beings to do the same.

Codex Born (2013)

I’m told it’s very difficult to escape death once he adds your name to his list.

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