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“Character is destiny”
“Men of few words are the best men."(3.2.41)”
“You only have to do one good thing to be in somebody’s lifetime of prayers.”
“A man’s most valuable possession is his integrity. Unless he has no integrity. In which case, he may not have much of anything of value.”
“Brother Row you could trust to make a long shot with a short bow. You could trust him to come out of a knife fight with somebody else's blood on his shirt. You could trust him to lie, to cheat, to ...”
“Ann: You didn’t cause my miscarriages. But you are committed to transforming me to be like you.”
“Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.”
“If you haven’t found yourself yet, it’s difficult to help someone to discover himself. False leaders make more false leaders!”
“There is new information.”“Are you going to share it?”“No.”Of course not. Because it would totally ruin his whole mysterious vibe. Can’t have that.”
“As dye soaks fibres, drawn into them to change their colour forever, so does a memory, stinging or sweet, change the fibre of a man’s character.”
“So why bother investing in one’s memory in an age of externalized memories? The best answer I can give is the one I received unwittingly from EP, whose memory had been so completely lost that he co...”
“A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. ...”
“Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it.”
“There’s no point pretending to be someone or something we’re not.”
“Our task is to take suffering in stride, not as if it is a pleasure (it isn’t), but in the knowledge that God will not let it overwhelm us and that He will use it, by His own supernatural alchemy, ...”
“There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing.”
“What would you tell her about me?”He did not just ask that.“You did not just ask that.” She chuckled.“I’m serious,” he smiled.“Very well, if you must know, I would say that you are arrogant and foo...”
“It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and we invite it to enter. No one is strong enough or cunning enough to avert by word or de...”
“I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came in mean and will go out mean. It's like coffee. Once it's roasted, it all looks bro...”
“A better man wouldn’t play this ‘sweethearts’ game with her when he knew very well it couldn’t lead to more.But he wasn’t a better man. He was Colin Sandhurst, reckless, incorrigible rogue—and damn...”
