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Sun-Tzu on plans and action
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
Sun-Tzu on deception
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. - Sun-Tzu, The Art of... Continue Reading →
The Dune trailer and richly imagined worlds
I love deeply realized worlds even more than plot. Which is why I'm nervous about the new Dune movie.
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On witchcraft
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men. - Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Zorya Polunochnaya on answers
All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them. - American Gods, Neil Gaiman
Tiffany Aching on choosing
This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do. - Wintersmith, Terry Pratchett
Cheradenine Zikalwe on conclusions and endings
But just because something does not have an ending doesn't mean it doesn't have a conclusion. - Use of Weapons, Ian M. Banks
Uthacalthing on humor
Ah, well. Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies. - The Uplift War, David Brin
The Daedalnexus 