Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power it is. On those occasions when we've seen Lord Foul act directly, he seems to exert the withering force of pure scorn. IMHO, that's pretty intense.

Stephen R. Donaldson's Popular Quotes

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

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Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

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This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

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I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

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I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

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"Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any …

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In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

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Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that remains

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It is the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

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