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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.

Janet Morris

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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
Believe
Son
Always
Commitment
Men
Danger
Love
Ones
Loved
Truth
May
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Must
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Use him wisely. Few have been given such a weapon by the gods or Fates before.
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Gods have bloody hands.
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If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.
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Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.
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Painful things are quickly forgotten.
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What would the world be without him, and those like him?
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You count up your dead, every one. Always. Recall them, each and all - every face, every heart.
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Everyone prepares for battle in his own way.
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I am always yours to call, wherever the sea can reach.
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This was what men fought for, what men died for: a chance at life, and to fight on other days - the battle of your choice, of the body, or the heart, or the soul.
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Something is going on everywhere, most of which no one understands.
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Wars don't bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
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There are stranger things here than Thebans know about.
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Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.
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Reasons never matter, once Death comes cold and bold and takes the living by the hand. You count up your dead, every one.
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