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“Fitz, home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there anymore.” quote by Robin Hobb — Download Open image

““Fitz, home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there anymore.””

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Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.

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“But that is not true for all folk. Some folk are meant to argue with fate. And win.”

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“I tried to leave you alone, Fitz. To find what peace you could, even if it excluded me from your life.” Ten years ago, I could not have understood the pain in his voice. I would only have seen him as interfering and calculating. Only now, with a son of my own intent on ignoring every bit of advice I’d…

“Do you think you're taking Etta out of here?" "Yes," Kennit called over his shoulder up the sairs. "What about all these dead men?"…

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“A way out is a way in. Then,”

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“Die in your dreams, wake up insane.”

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“I felt a familiar squeezing in what I thought must be my heart. I had heard of being "heartbroken" or "heavy-hearted" but I had…

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“They spoke of a dream of a child who bore the heart of a wolf.”

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“We all perish in our last attempt to live.”

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“There is always power in holding a secret.”

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“... finally realizing that life was to be lived, rather than hoarded against an unseen tomorrow.”

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If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred…

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I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

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As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls and old gay men together - there's a safety. They make a shield from all of the bad things they've experienced in the world. They make a home together. There are no songs about that. I…

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