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It's better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
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Montana
United States
Guilty
Innocent
Dies
Better
Live

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A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint
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Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.
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It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.
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If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge.
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Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.
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If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.
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Why do you keep saying incarnations like I’m some kind of god?” It wasn’t a great question, but the real questions were so big that Kylar didn’t even know how ask them. “You are worshipped in a few remote areas where your master wasn’t very careful about showing the full extent of his powers.” “What?!
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A few months ago you assassinated a man who called himself a god now you're going after a goddess in truth. Unless you can figure out a way to kill continents, after this you're going to have to retire.
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Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.
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