Stress Quote by S.M. Stirling

““Stress" is mostly the result of not being allowed to kill some asshole you really want to slice and dice.””

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“Myths are lies; but I believe in the power of myths the way I believe in rocks.”

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The Mackenzie had never met folk so poor in story and song and legends, and it moved him to a pity that pricked at his eyes. Without that tapestry of colour and words and ritual, what was life but eating and mating, sleeping and moving your bowels? All of them good and necessary, but not enough; and they themselves needed…

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You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier.

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“Clan custom and law held that it was the public declaration of intent and then living together that made a handfasting; the ceremonies simply…

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“″He chose to come onto your land uninvited with a weapon in his hand,″ he said. ″When a man does that, he consents to…

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“It doesn't stop being magic because you can you explain it, Father.”

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“Who dares, wins,” he muttered to himself. “Or gets royally banged about if things go south.”

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“Being ignorant is truly bliss compared to being misinformed, especially if you’re aware of the depths of your own ignorance. As Mother says, it…

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“Be your own judge. But commit no trespass, remembering that where another's liberty begins your own inevitably meets its boundary.”

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“Sure it is that They have many faces. All the shapes the Divine shows us are true; and none are all the Truth.”

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