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"It may be that hope misleads. But hate—hate corrupts. I have been too quick to hate. I become like what I abhor."
Stephen R. Donaldson“Then why do you delay? Why do you fear?” — Stephen R. Donaldson
"“Then why do you delay? Why do you fear?” Because I am mortal, weak. The way is only clear—not sure. In my time, I have been a seer and oracle. Now I—I desire a sign. I require to see.”"
Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen R. Donaldson
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Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use of an arcane vocabulary, and has attracted critical praise for its "imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace". D
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