Sean Russell Short Quotes

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If sleep sought him, it was spectacularly unsuccessful.

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Soldiers, Your Highness. Men trained not to think for themselves.

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If a man's deeds do not outlive him, of what value is a mark in stone?

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I am a trained empiricist, sir. Superstition is not compatible with my pursuits.

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The only thing of which we can be sure—time passes—everything else is vanity.

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Their superstitions will allow them to believe things without much critical thought.

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One of the lessons of age, he said softly. Do not waste what time you have in regret.

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Observations interpreted by reason. Few, if any, ideas have had such impact on the lives of men.

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Never, he said firmly, be intimidated by a person because of the size of house in which they were born.

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No man of the first rank is ever satisfied with his accomplishments, no matter what others make of them.

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They say wine will kill you slowly. He nodded his head solemnly. But that's all right, we're in no hurry.

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Dandish was the ideal empiricist. Pushing back the borders of ignorance, that was his only reason for living.

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There were no sounds of men, here; only the whisperings of the world of nature, which men often called silence.

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Man, he suspected, had a particular genius for complicating things, for creating social hurdles that one must leap or be thought lacking.

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Experience taught him that the future was uncertain and one could prepare for it only by learning indifference to disappointment and loss.

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Tristam, the old man said softly. If I may be completely candid, you are the poorest liar. Lack of experience, no doubt—which is to your credit.

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Wood is a gift from the world of nature to we undeserving men... One should be thankful for such gifts, take no more than we need, and waste none of that.

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Men who were used to subordinating others to their wills were invariably surprised by rebellion—as though this imaginary prison they created was, in fact, real.

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The carriage, Tristam realized, was becoming the metaphor for this period of his life: he neither owned, drove, nor directed one in any way but was simply carried along.

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I do not want to end up like Stern, Tristam thought: the dutiful servant, silently chewing his resentment, hoping, pitifully, that his sacrifice would one day be rewarded.

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Well, perhaps you have begun your journey toward wisdom, Mr. Flattery, Kent said seriously. We have such a short time and the journey is so terribly long. One cannot begin too soon.

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There was no question in Tristam's mind now that if one stared into the semidarkness long enough one would find whatever one sought. What the eye could not locate the mind would manufacture.

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It is terrible bad luck. Owls are often augurs of death, Mr. Flattery. There is no surer sign.
Not even the cessation of breathing? the viscount asked, but neither Tristam nor Beacham laughed.

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Not only had he become adept at predicting the behavior of others, but he could predict his own behavior just as well. He no longer surprised himself. It was one of the saddest things about aging.

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Tristam stood and raised his glass. May life be kind, and friends loyal. Ventures profitable, children plentiful, and age like a slow turning of the leaves in autumn; grand, beautiful and tranquil.

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