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I am an anarchist, like any other sensible person. ~ Merlyn
T. H. White
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T. H. White
Age: 57 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 29
Died: 1964
Died: January 17
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Kay was older and bigger than the Wart, so that he was bound to win in the end, but he was more nervous and imaginative. He could imagine the effect of each blow that was aimed at him, and this weakened his defense. Wart was only an infuriated hurricane.
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It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.
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It is good to put your life in other people's hands.
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Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.
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The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.
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The destiny of man is an individualistic destiny.
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But they woke him with words, their cruel bright weapons.
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Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and this is what gives it its greatest fury.
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He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life.
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Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can't neglect it. You can't cut it out but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad.
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If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there
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I think I ought to have some eddication,said the Wart, I can't think of anything to do.
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In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight.
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The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.
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She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.
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You think education is something to be done when all else fails?
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Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.
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Kings can only use their best tools.
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Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.
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Dogs, like very small children, are quite mad.
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