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"Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception."

"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?"

"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."

"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."

"Holding your brain hostage against your own stupidity - that was how to get stuff done."

"There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed-thereafter, their lives could only get better."

"Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."

"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."

"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
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