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It's Survival of Them Who's Best at Nicking Things, girl!


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Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.





We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.




That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.

That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.




She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.

She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.



When the world changes, it stashes us away where we can't make it run the other way again.

When the world changes, it stashes us away where we can't make it run the other way again.



So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true.

So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true.





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No, no, " said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us, " he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it.

No, no, " said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us, " he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it.



That's because they're people, only smarter. They know us better than we know them, and a lot of them have a sense of humor. They're exactly like us minus our useless mental power and thumbs.

That's because they're people, only smarter. They know us better than we know them, and a lot of them have a sense of humor. They're exactly like us minus our useless mental power and thumbs.



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I didn't really sign up to be a celebrity, I only signed up to be a writer.



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Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees.



God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil

God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil



To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.



It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment.

It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment.



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We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs.



We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.




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