Quote by Robert Jackson Bennett

“The gods are cruel not because they make us work. They are cruel because they allow us to hope.”

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“After all, deep in every Texan’s heart, there remains the steadfast belief that any problem can be solved with a big enough gun.”

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“We are—or were —Divinities, Shara Komayd: we drew power from the hearts and minds and beliefs of a people. But that which you draw…

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“I put my office right in the middle of the death they threaten us with. [...] here I sit, every day, hanging over all…

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“The city knows. It remembers. Its past is written in its bones, though the past now speaks in silences.”

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“My first question is- do you have a name ? "A name? Yes." "Ah!" said the wolf. It wrote several extensive notes. "And what…

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