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“...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.”
“Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when its dark”
“She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.”
“I was done with hesitation. It wasn't just that we'd run out of options, or that so much was riding on the firebird's power. I'd simply grown ruthless enough or selfish enough to take another creat...”
“The true purpose of the strong is to promote greater strength in the weak, and not to keep the weak in that state where they are at the mercy of the strong.”
“I don't need a mate, she muttered, staring up at the bright circle of the early autumn moon. But can't you send me a nice, sexy, strongmale to dance with? Pretty please? She hadn't had a lover for ...”
“Why should he be spared?''Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.”
“May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner.”
“He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.”
“Damn it," I said. "I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton."He smiled at me, his teeth very white in the darkness of his face. "Eat him," he said.”
“Satirize wickedness if you must--but pity weakness.”
“Remembering the treatment that had been accorded the Knights and soldiers of St. Elmo, the Maltese inhabitants of Senglea took no prisoners. Hence there arose the expression (used in Malta to this ...”
“There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one.”
“What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Fro...”
“I know you love me. The question is, how much?”
“The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blest;It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:'Tis mightiest in the mighties...”
“Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it.”
“You trying to make me crazy? Everyone needs a hobby.”
“Don't pull any shit because you want to show off. Wait a second. She looked down then back up. Nope, I haven't grown a cock in the last few minutes. I have no need to prove whose is bigger.”
“One thing I've always wonderedwhy did you enter that bikini contest when you were a teenager? Her face flushed with a mixture of anger and embarrassment. How far back did you trace me? Far enough. ...”
