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420 pages, ebook
First published February 4, 2020
“Education is never without cost; all the truly valuable lessons leave a scar.”
“Few can accept the value of something given, but something earned is cherished.”
“Mawyndulë, the best chronicles are never true, not completely. But make no mistake, it is our stories that define us both as individuals and as a civilization. Long after we’re dead, people remember. And those memories form the building blocks of who we are, what we value, what we believe in, what we stand for, and what we fight against. Truth comes from how we view ourselves and how others see us. Our stories are the most important things we have. The better the tales, the greater the legacy we leave, and the more worthy a world we create.”
That’s how life works. As you walk through it, you can’t see the big moments coming at you. Don’t notice them until they’ve gone by. We always see them from the back, never from the front, which presents a distorted perspective. Everything looks different from behind in that wonderful reflective afterglow. Afterward, things consistently appear bigger, more obvious, and we think, How could I not have seen that? But the moments that change our lives are indistinguishable from everything else because they aren’t significant—until they are. Do you understand?”
"This war won't be won or lost by birds or dragons, nor by greed or hate, but by the courage and virtue of an unlikely few who will forfeit everything to save the future."
Poor indeed are the infallible, for facing failure teaches us how to prosper.
“So, to what do I owe the honor of your visit?”[…]
“Does a husband need a reason to see his wife?”
“Apparently, you rarely do so.”
The good news is that death is not the end, but that is also the bad news.
---THE BOOK OF BRIN
"This war won't be won or lost by birds or dragons, nor by greed or hate, but by the courage and virtue of an unlikely few who will forfeit everything to save the future."
1 – writing out the entire series before beginning to publish the books.
2- Putting them on an accelerated release time schedule, especially for the final book.
3 – Making sure the Audio is ready at the same time as the book release.
"Now you know why you only face one."
"This war won't be won or lost by birds or dragons, nor by greed or hate, but by the courage and virtue of an unlikely few who will forfeit everything to save the future."
“I mean, how hard would it be to execute someone that you actually know?”
“What once was broken can finally be made whole.”