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You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you" he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.

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Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

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This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love...

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The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be ...more

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As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what...more

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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

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There is something beyond. Though perhaps my belief is merely my own desire wishing it to be so.""You are not encouraging me. Aren't You omnipotent?""...more

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What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

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Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief- what is faith- if you don't continue in it after failure.

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People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so—therefore—are their beliefs.

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I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much...more

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You trusted me enough to jump off the wall, and I caught you.

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Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Ma...more

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We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

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She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone