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Janet Morris is an American author born on May 25, 1946. Her works span across multiple genres including fantasy, science fiction, and adventure novels, known for her rich imagination and unique narrative style.

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“Sometimes the cost of winning for all the right reasons is so great that spirits die and hearts grow cold.”

Heart Sometimes Reason Spirit Dies Winning Grows Cold Cost Commitment Brotherhood

Author:Janet Morris

“Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath and a loving heart.”

Men Want Love Needs Heart Said Night Waiting Blood Loneliness Breaths Warm Flesh Flesh And Blood

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“Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade him not to pursue a resolution his heart thought was right. Tempus never gave up.”

Heart Problem Pain Left Determination Difficulty Solve Loyalty Pursue Resolution Gave Up Undertakings Constancy

Book:Tempus with His Right-Side Companion Niko

Source: Tempus with His Right-Side Companion Niko

“Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.”

People Heart War Time Band Determination Sacred Loyalty Swings Units

Book:The Sacred Band

Source: The Sacred Band

“Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly science fiction. Furthermore, so little emerging thought and technology is employed by sf writers today that the genre is lagging far behind reality both in the cosmology area and the technology area: sf is no longer a place to experiment, but is now very derivative.”

Heart Littles Book Reality Today Behinds Fiction Technology Fantasy Areas Science Fiction Experiments Genre Employed Creative Writing Emerging Conceit Cosmology Derivatives Genre Is

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“Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.”

Mind Heart Soul Fall Break Conflict Army Revenge Empires Humiliation Heart And Mind Heart Break

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“You count up your dead, every one. Always. Recall them, each and all - every face, every heart.”

Heart Faces Sleep Commitment Recalls

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“This was what men fought for, what men died for: a chance at life, and to fight on other days - the battle of your choice, of the body, or the heart, or the soul.”

Men Life Heart Soul Body Choices Fighting Chance Battle Died Meaning Of Life Ontology

Book:The Sacred Band

Source: The Sacred Band

“The gods want to bring a better day, and you are their messengers. Trust not in all you see. Trust only in your hearts. And in us, who love you both.”

Want Love Heart Love You Messengers Better Days

Author:Janet Morris

“Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for the celebration of the heart. Live to fight on other days. Lose your beloveds one by one. And remember. Exalt the kiss of friend and horse and wind and sun, which venality cannot cheapen nor stupidity belittle.”

Ifs Humans Heart Doe War Pain Remember Spirit Fighting Loses Differences Struggle Sun Wind Battle Kissing Tests Horse Strive Stupidity Mortals Loved Ones Celebration Valor Belittle

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“The universe forgives those who give until their hearts are aching and their spirits weak, and finds a way to renew all strength and cure all ills, in this world or the next, if a soul can just have faith.”

Ifs World Way Giving Heart Soul Spirit Universe Next This World Weak Forgiving Loyalty Cures Have Faith Ontology

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About the Author

Born: May 25, 1946
Known for: Author
Quotes: 198

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The Sacred BandRelated source material

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