"The most difficult part was letting yourself ignore the lies your eyes told. Eyes were like children. If they had nothing to say, they made things up."

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“Despite common belief, the goblin language did include a word for trust. It was derived from the word for trustworthy, which in the goblin tongue, was the same as the word for dead.”

“The difference between a Hero and an ordinary man is that when the ordinary man comes upon a flaming death swamp full of venomous dragon snakes, he turns around and goes home. The Hero strips down and goes for a swim.”

“He seemed to think that killing was something to be done only as a last resort. It was a strange philosophy, one that would take some getting used to.”

“Nobody dies faster than a tired soldier.”

“Jig’s life would be much simpler if she were dead. That more than anything else, convinced him she was still alive.”

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