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Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
Author
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Montana
United States
Calling
Highest
Simply
Stand
Might
Sometimes
Men
Bewildered
Hug

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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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A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint
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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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Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.
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Relationships are ropes. Love is a noose. - Durzo Blint
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Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.
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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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It was no true prayer to beg forgiveness while choosing to sin.
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