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Painful things are quickly forgotten.

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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
Pain
Things
Quickly
Painful
Forgotten

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Each soul has its appointed doom. How is it you dare to raise a mortal boy so high - high enough to flout the gods? Bring godhead where a man may reach out and take it? growls Enlil, and lightning splits a clear blue sky.
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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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All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.
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Such hubris could only come from a man's mouth.
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Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised before the fact. Allegiance must be earned so it will hold, win or lose.
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The universe forgives those who give until their hearts are aching and their spirits weak, and finds a way to renew all strength and cure all ills, in this world or the next, if a soul can just have faith.
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He loves the world so much. I agree it would be a shame to take that love away from meadow and tree, stream and sky, and all that lives in nature, and leave them lonely.
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Nothing walks the earth more savage than a mare enraged.
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Everyone prepares for battle in his own way.
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I see all sorts of things when I'm clearing my pipes.
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The city guardsmen were like the keres, doom-bringers of merciless vengeance.
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Use him wisely. Few have been given such a weapon by the gods or Fates before.
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This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.
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Revenge is never the best driver for a battle, but a common one.
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When the balance is restored, people get hurt.
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Generosity is never out of season.
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The heavens listen to what is said on these cobbles. Laws of man and nature come together here. Here you must be firm. Here you must be true.
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We've the new hard-steel, though why they're all so hot to pay twice the price when men're soft as clay and even wood will pierce the boldest belly, I can't say.
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Sacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril.
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Fight for life itself and everlasting freedom of the human spirit.
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