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"Cant trust a fascist--truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state"
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Matthew StoverWe can each sit and wait to die, from the very day of our births. Thos — Matthew Stover
"We can each sit and wait to die, from the very day of our births. Those of us who do not do so, choose to ask--and to answer--the two questions that define every conscious creature: What do I want? and What will I do to get it? Which are, finally, only one question: What is my will? Caine teaches us that the answer is always found within our own experience; our lives provide the structure of the question, and a properly phrased question contains its own answer."
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Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon. He has written four science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die, Blade of Ty
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"When the gods would punish us, they answer our prayers."
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"Fairy tales--simple stories for simple minds, a breath of air to cool brows overheated by the complexities of real life."
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"I read once, somewhere, that the way you know youve grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step."
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"A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization."
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"Its customary, at times like this, to say a few words. A man shouldnt die with no understanding of why hes been murdered. I do not pride myself on my eloquence, and so I will keep this simple."
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