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No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
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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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One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.
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Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts? The Imass shrugged before replying. I think of futility, Adjunct. Do all Imass think about futility? No. Few think at all. Why is that? The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. Because, Adjunct, it is futile.
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Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly. I want to be a soldier. A hero. You'll grow out of it.
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The lesson of history is that no one learns.
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