And you came back to Lyrian?" Galloran said in disbelief. "Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn't ditch Rachel." Galloran smiled. "Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism.

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In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

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doing-the-right-thing heroism mean

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

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emotional suicide spiritual

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

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real leadership mistake

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

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stories mind book

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

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We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

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who-we-are different use

The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison.

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growing body strong

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

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insulting pride humility

....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.

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hearing differences listening

Choices determine character.

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determine choices character

Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.

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deceit sometimes lying

An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.

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In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.

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nymphs youth age

One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.

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deception eye

I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.

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stop-trying knows trying

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

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good-luck luck way

When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.

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It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.

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want stuff interesting

Hooves clomping over the whitewashed planks, Doren sprinted along the boardwalk after Rondus, a portly satyr with butterscotch fur and horns that curved away from each other. Puffing hard, Rondus cut through a gazebo and started down the stairs to the field. Only a few steps behind, Doren went airborne and slammed into the heavyset satyr. Together they pitched violently forward into the grass, staining their skin green.

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cutting skins together

I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.

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