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Your father says a wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountaintop.
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Desire urges me on, as fear bridles me.' Doesn't that explain everything that happens in the world?
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If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves.
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Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.
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With knot of one, the spell's begun.With knot of two, the spell be true.With knot of three, the spell is free.With knot of four, the power is stored.With knot of five, the spell with thrive.With knot of six, this spell I fix.
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If we all did what we should, we would wake to find ourselves in paradise.
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Parlez-vous français, madame?”“Oui,” I said warily, certain that this conversation was taking a multilingual turn for the worse.
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Miracles should leave a mark, so that we can remember how precious they are.
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...empathy is the most important power there is. Without it, we are doomed. With it, we can truly change the world.(interview from USC)
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