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She realized now that she knew little about people outside the courts of Nabban and Erkynland, although she had always thought herself a shrewd judge of humanity. However, it was a larger and much more complicated world on the other side of the castle walls than she had ever suspected.

— Tad Williams To Green Angel Tower (1993)

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She didn’t know which she liked less, having people tell lies about her or having people know the truth.

To Green Angel Tower (1993)

Strangely, although the world is already full of fearful things, mortals seems always to hunt for new worries.

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Ambitious men never believe others aren’t the same.

The Dragonbone Chair (1988)

The last thing a drunkard loses, you see, is his cunning: it outlasts his soul by a long season.

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Things are not always as old songs tell them to be—especially when it is concerning dragons.

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