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Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
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Everything
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All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.
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Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones.
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Look to the souls of Your own soldiers, God, who labor in Thine awful cause.
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So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.
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I...keep trying to be perfect. For you. So you'll notice me.
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