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One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.

Steven Erikson

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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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I warn you all, hatred is finding fertile soil within me. And in your compassion, in your every good intention, you nurture it.
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First in , Last out. Motto of the bridgeburners
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Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.
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I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast.
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