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It is the pride of discovering that one is not merely a bundle of reflexes and conditioned responses; that instead one is a thinking being, who can choose the right over the easy, and justice over safety.

— Matthew Stover Shatterpoint (2004)

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

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

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

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

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

Traitor (2002)

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

Shatterpoint (2004)

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