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Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
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A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint
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Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.
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...if reality is hard and flat and unjust, then it's better to adjust to what really is than to complain that it isn't what you wish. That was what made me lose faith..... But having lost it, soon I doubted my lack of faith. There were niggling hints of meaning everywhere.
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The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.
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