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"I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night."He opened his mouth to say something. Shut it again. His face closed for a moment, his unreadable mask falling into place. He spoke softly. "But that wouldn't be fair; for after I slept you'd be left awake, with no one to help you sleep."
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"Oh, come on!' Percy complained. 'I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That's not fair!"
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"A fair day's wages for a fair day's work: it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of government."
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"I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan."
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"I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order."
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"The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway."
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"He will give the devil his due."
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"I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night."He opened his mouth to say something. Shut it again. His face closed for a moment, his unreadable mask falling into place. He spoke softly. "But that wouldn't be fair; for after I slept you'd be left awake, with no one to help you sleep."
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"Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself."
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"Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time."
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"Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge."
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"Would you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?"
Humor
"For most of the process, nothing but faith, fueled by your own stubbornness, will be pulling you along. The work that you've done on the book so far won't be much comfort, because so much of it will be insufferable crap, until the very last moment, when you figure out how to fix it and everything comes together."
Persistence
"If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock."
Judgment
"Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake."
Sarcasm
"Alone in the forest, Katsa sat on a stump and cried. She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart."
Love
"I wonder if it's meant to be punishment for something one can't forgive oneself for. Or an external expression, Lady Queen, of an internal pain? Or perhaps it's a way to realise that you actually do want to stay alive."
Psychology
"Truths are dangerous," he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages," said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear."
Truth
"There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness."
Society
"I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to."
Leadership
"Do you understand? I don't want you to do a thing if you don't understand it."
Knowledge
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