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The Pinance laughed. “I hate the man, but I have never before seen him as a fool or a coward.”
“He is not a military man, my lord. He is a schemer, skilled in the art of politics and treachery.”
“It seems to me that those two beasts are one and the same,” said the Pinance.

— David Gemmell

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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.

Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

The waters run that we might drink of them, but they are also symbols of the futility of man.

'Do not expect help.' 'One should always hope.' 'Then hope for a handsome savage with kindly ways.'

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