“In truth, one of our company, the solemn warrior Ecthgow, was so demented from liquor that he was drunk while still upon his horse, and he fell attempting to dismount. Now the horse kicked him in the head, and I feared for his safety, but Ecthgow laughed and kicked the horse back.”
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“It is the strength of any emotion, not necessarily its pleasantness, that makes a place important.”
“Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.”
“Character is a strange blending of flinty strength and pliable warmth.”
“Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart.”