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The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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Fiercer
Honour
Harder
World

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Detachment is a flaw, not a virtue-don’t you realize that?
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Never, dear gods. Never mess with mortals.
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Shadow is ever besieged, for that is its nature. Whilst darkness devours, and light steals. And so one sees shadow ever retreat to hidden places, only to return in the wake of the war between dark and light.
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