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Do you remember the moment you first realize you were mortal? That no matter what happened, you would never live long enough to read every book you wanted to read? That you’d die having accomplished only a fraction of your goals?

— Jim C. Hines Codex Born (2013)

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

Revisionary (2016)

Power makes people believe they’re invulnerable.

Libriomancer (2012)

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

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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.

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