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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."
Power
"Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people."
Writing
"I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I'll open my eyes and look back at them, and they'll know hat I survived."
Survival
"Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception."
Power
"Ear demons are totally real," Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They're also what tell you to eat the last slice of pie when you know Tia wanted it."
Humor
"You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling."
Time
"It was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important."
Acceptance
"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"
Honesty
"It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments."
Strategy
"Dragons were dangerous in the sky. Of course, they were dangerous on the ground too. Just less dangerous. In the same way that a sword is less dangerous so long as it's pointed at someone else."
Fantasy
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"Fish rule the waters, but can be caught using worms. Birds rule the air, but can be caught using grain."
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Personal Development
"Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers."
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Personal Development
"A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win."
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Personal Development
"You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities."
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Personal Development
"Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win."
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Personal Development
"Doubtful, but it did work..."Annabeth?" Percy said again. "You're planning something. You've got that I'm-planning-something look.""I don't have an I'm-planning-something look.""Yeah, you totally do. Your eyebrows knit and your lips press together and ---""Do you have a pen?" she asked him."You're kidding, right?" He brought out Riptide."Yes, but can you actually write with it?""I--I don't know," he admitted. "Never tried."
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Personal Development
"One must be cunning and wicked in this world."
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Personal Development
"It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments."
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Personal Development
"A good strategy of life is obvious: When the right path is found, it must be walked no matter how hard it is and the precious target this path destined to must be arrived at by defeating every difficulty encountered!"
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Personal Development
"You can win war without fighting and you must not fight a war in order to win. The battle is of the Lord."
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Personal Development
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