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The Left Hand of God

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“Better a live dog than a dead lion.”

Life God Death Left Dog Live Fight Dead Hand Lion Tomas Idrispukke

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“Get on your feet or die.”

God Pain Left Feet Get Up Live Fight Die Stand Up Hand Stand Paul Hoffman Tomas

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“...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. Then slowly, hopelessly, she dropped her gaze. “I understand,” she said. It was that, of course, that pierced him as if she had stabbed him through the heart. To him it was the sound of lost faith and it was unendurable. He felt he’d become a kind of god in her eyes, and it was simply impossible to give up her adoration.”

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“Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims—the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates.”

God Left Strong Force Power Victim Crush Brake Hand Paul Cale Hoffman Intoxicating Tomas Pitiless Vipond Materazzi

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“I have a message for your daughter,” said Cale. “I am bound to her with cables that not even God can break. One day, if there is a soft breeze on her cheek, it may be my breath; one night, if the cool wind plays with her hair, it may be my shadow passing by.” And with this terrible threat he faced forward and the procession started once more. In less than a minute they were gone. In her shady room Arbell Swan-Neck stood white and cold as alabaster.”

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“t was once famously said that it is as well that wars are so ruinously expensive, else we would never stop fighting them. However well said, it seems also to be endlessly forgotten that, while there may be just wars and unjust wars, there are never any cheap wars.”

War God Left Quote Ridiculous Expensive Fight End Famous Hand Frase Paul Cheap Forgot Cale Hoffman Tomas Ruinously

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“...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy and adoration — there was the sound there too of anger and resentment. She would not look at him because she did not want to be in his presence. She hated him and he (how could he not?) hated her in return.”

Love God Pain Hate Left Anger Resentment Hand Paul Cale Hoffman Tomas Arbell

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“- Why you? - (...) I’m the best. - Modest of you. - I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it.”

God Left Fight Best Modesty Modest Hand Paul Cale Hoffman Tomas Vipond

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