"For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny."
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"Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half a dozen languages and can swear fluently in all of them. She understands the use of a slide rule but prefers doing calculations in her head. She does not hesitate to risk life and limb- mine as well as her own. No doubt she has other qualities as yet undiscovered. I hope not."
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"He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?"
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"Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil."
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"You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest."
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"She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart."
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"What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion."
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"There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood."
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"And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain."
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"Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers."
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"If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn."
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"In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little."
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"I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards."
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"A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar."
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"I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down."
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"Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death."
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"A taste for adventure is by no means a masculine monopoly."
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"Who but lovers dream alike?"
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"The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own."
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"-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt."
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