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There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.

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enter the world of things as they are

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The best way to show people true things is from a direction that they had not imagined the truth coming.

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Lettie shrugged. “Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s ...more

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And then this whole deal of new gods, old gods," said his friend. "You ask me, I welcome new gods. Bring the on. The god of guns. The god of bombs. Al...more

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You know what killed off the dinosaurs, Whateley? We did. In one barbecue.

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The quickest way is sometimes the longest.

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We all have so many functions, so many ways of existing. In my own vision of myself, I am a scholar who lives quietly, and pens his little tales, and ...more

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And I know an eighteenth charm, and that charm is the greatest of all, and that charm I can tell no man, for a secret that no one knows but you is the...more

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Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

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I’m just a soul whose intentions are good,’“ he sang to the crabs and the spiders and the palmetto beetles and the lizards and the night. ‘“Oh lord, p...more

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So, yeah, my people figured that maybe there's something at the back of it all, a creator, a great spirit, and so we say thank you to it, because it's...more

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Jesus. Low-Key Lyesmith," said Shadow. and then he heard what he was saying and he understood. "Loki," he said. "Loki Lie-smith.""You're slow," said L...more

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As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.

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Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored.