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She wasn't satisfied with the way things turned out. What the hell can you do with women? You can give them exactly what they ask for and they'll cuss you because that ain't what they really want. (Glen Cook)
Beneath my breath I continued my conversation with God. As usual, He did not trouble Himself to defend His Works to me. My fault for being a woman. View quote
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She did not seem offended, so I added my secret philosophy of life: any dork who became a soldier for an idea instead of the money deserved to die for his country. You're going to put it all on the table, six up with some other guy, it damned well better be for stakes you can carry away. View quote
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"Given time we would have become less than indispensable and you would have started looking around for a way to shaft us instead of doing the honorable thing and paying us off and simply terminating our comission.” "That's what I love about you, Croaker. Your unflagging faith in humanity.” "Absolutely. Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent,” I grumped. View quote
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I still got all my limbs and I'm still breathing.” "Makes you a winner in the soldiering game. View quote
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There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says. We must blame ourselves for misinterpreting them. One-Eye's handicap in no way impairs his marvelous hindsight. View quote
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He had learned self-control in a hard school. He had been married for thirty years. View quote
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It would take an entire nation a thousand years to build something this vast. No monument so huge can be a good thing.” "I don't understand.” "Only a very great evil could remain so single of purpose, so uncaring of cost, as to create something so ultimately useless. View quote
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It is a saying of my people. Even Water sleeps. But Enemy never rests. View quote
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For once he was as serious as a spear through the gut. View quote
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Somebody a lot smarter than me once said, "Put no trust in wizards.”. (Glen Cook)
Not dangerous at all. Not even that lucky. But a sufficiently paranoid mind will discern patterns and threats where only fortune has conspired. View quote
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And there went some good old-fashioned wishful thinking, Sleepy. We were talking about human beings. If there is any way to be contrary, unreasonable and obnoxious, human beings are sure to find and pursue it. With verve and enthusiasm at whatever might be the most inconvenient time. View quote
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"Used to be” is not worth the breeze on which it is scribbled. View quote
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He had a distinct problem imagining minds working differently from his own. View quote
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I reminded myself that Khang Phi is bereft of arms. That the monks abhor violence. That they always yield to strength, then seduce it with reason and wisdom. Yes, sometimes it does take a while. View quote
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Leadership tip: Sound confident even when you have no idea. Just do not make a habit of it. They will find you out. View quote
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He is blind to the dead, to the burning villages, to the starving children. As is the Rebel. Two blind armies, able to see nothing but one another. View quote
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He jumped down, started waving his arms around while he went to squeaking and squealing in one of those languages wizards use so the rest of us will think there is something terribly strange and mystical about what they do, kind of like lawyers. View quote
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The soldiers stumbled forward doggedly, cursing the bite of the wind while reminding one another that generals are seldom of sound mind and unbesmirched ancestry. They would not be generals if they were. View quote
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Slight gasp. "You grow too bold.” Didn't I? "I'm sorry. Thinking out loud. An unhealthy habit known to be the cause of bruises and major hemorrhaging.”. (Glen Cook)
Consider little children. There are not many of them not cute and lovable and precious, sweet as whipped honey and butter. So where do all the wicked people come from? View quote
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The staff came to enquire after my needs. They were revolting in their obsequiousness. A disgusting little part of me gobbled it up. A part just big enough to show why some men lust after power. But not for me, thank you. I am too lazy. And I am, I fear, the unfortunate victim of a sense of responsibility. Put me in charge and I try to accomplish the ends to which the office was allegedly created. I guess I suffer from an impoverishment of the sociopathic spirit necessary to go big time. View quote
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Peace had broken out and was being enthusiastically exploited on the presumption that it could not possibly last. View quote
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Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude. View quote
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