Blade of Tyshalle (2001)
“The capacity for personal freedom is a rare talent. Talent exists to be used.”
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Matthew Stover
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Blade of Tyshalle
We do not ask sheep to be wolves; we, the wolves, do not ask ourselves to be sheep. Sheep can make such rules as happen to suit them--but it's foolishly naive to expect wolves to obey."
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)
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