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Merlin, do you mind?' It was the King who asked me, a man as old and wise as myself; a man who could see past his own crowding problems, and guess wha...more

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Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?

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...kissing me with a violence that was terrifying and yet, somehow, the summit of all my tenderest dreams.

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Used every man according to his capacity.

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Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…

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It is easier to call the storm from the empty sky than to manipulate the heart of a man; and soon, if my bones did not lie to me, I should be needing ...more

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The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try