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The Soldier had a quote: Steel demands to be used. Which, according to him, meant that any weapon aches for violence and sooner or later that ache will pervade the one who owns it, until at last the weapon owns them.
“No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes them feel better about the fact that they do nothing.”
― The Piper's Son
― The Piper's Son
“Not that Hazel understood that line of reasoning. She always wanted to be browsing the shelves of a bookstore.”
― The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
― The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
“And won’t he grow up to be the healthiest of young men, all because she kept him safe? Ready for the world. Ready to one day conquer it. To travel. Get on a train. Go to work. Get blown out of her life.
Maybe she should be having that glass of wine and cigarette after all.”
― The Piper's Son
Maybe she should be having that glass of wine and cigarette after all.”
― The Piper's Son
“I met you at the cornerstone on the highway to bedlam./Walked with you to the pinnacle, along that ledge to hell,/Traveled along the passageway of all things aching,/But would crawl with you if you wanted me to/On the steeple point to hope./So we can tip the stars and hold the moon,/Graze the sun, but make it soon.”
― The Piper's Son
― The Piper's Son
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