"There were dreams once upon a time, dreams……" — Glen Cook
"There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them."
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25 Quotes by Glen Cook
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Any man who barely sustains an armistice with himself has no business poking around in an alien soul.
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I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled towards absolute honesty, one…
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The people come from everywhere, from five hundred miles, to find their fortunes. By fortune is an ugly, two-faced goddess.…
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Books are nothing but repositories for those lies the author wants his reader to believe.
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Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
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. . .and the thing that you know to be true is the lie that will kill you.
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I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.
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Oh, 'twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players…
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I believe in our side and theirs, with the good and evil decided after the fact, by those who survive.…
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Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers…
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If one chooses sides on emotion then the rebel is the guy to go with. He is fighting for everything…
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Consistency is the sign of a narrow mind.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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