Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 95.
“In my experience,” he said with more than a touch of bitterness, “the gods do not seem to care much what their servants deserve—or at least the rewards they give are too subtle for my understanding.”
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 2, Chapter 25, “Living in Exile” (p. 569).
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