"Faith comes in different tempers: there's the hard,……" — K.J. Parker
"Faith comes in different tempers: there's the hard, brittle faith that shatters when it meets an obstacle it can't cut through, and the tough, springy faith that bounces off unchipped."
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11 Quotes by K.J. Parker
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That was the truly horrifying thing about it: the sense of time as an enemy, to be fought tooth and…
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The easiest way to do anything is properly.
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Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason.
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Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who…
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There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to…
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War is an admission of failure
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If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?
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Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.
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A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the…
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He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that…
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