Bernard Cornwell quote: But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, ...

But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep yourself to death.

~ Bernard Cornwell ~

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