Five. Days.

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"Tell a crowd to hate anything with enough conviction and half of them’ll be foaming at the mouth before you’re finished the speaking of it."

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It's a good thing if you give yourself goosebumps reading your own work, right? 😬

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Well this is a fabulous list to be on! #TheDamnedKing #Books #Fantasy @orbitbooks.bsky.social

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"The thing is, facts don't actually matter ... Facts don't change people's minds -- feelings do. You have to woo their hearts if you want their minds. They have to want what you're offering because it will make them feel good about themselves."

"It was a thing weak men did to appear strong. Browbeat others with a condescending tone. 'You are just another fool if you challenge me'. Regardless of the facts. Regardless of reality."

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Apropos of nothing: the dedication for #TheDamnedKing. #TheEidynSaga

"A farce, throwing red meat to baying wolves, whose lives were so meagre, thanks to him, that having someone to blame, someone to hate, was a fine distraction from their grumbling bellies and cold hearths."

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"The terror that anyone who could hurt them would was the root. A fundamental assumption of malice. Vulnerability without solace. For too many, the solution was to eradicate all threats, real or imagined. Only then might they feel safe. Only then might they rest."
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"I think when times are darkest, when people’s lives are so difficult that they can only see what’s right in front of them, maybe that’s when ideals are most important. If nobody dreams of a better country, how will we ever make one?"
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This line feels particularly salient right now:
"Tell a crowd to hate anything with enough confidence and half of them'll be foaming at the mouth before you're finished the speaking of it."
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I love a good transition. Sometimes, it's about something at the end of one scene flowing into the beginning of the next. Sometimes it's the opposite, for a bit of fun:

Thank God, finally, something was going well.
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"Fucking hell, it's a disaster!"

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"Kids were easier at that age. More work, aye, but easier. A wee cuddle would comfort them. Their tragedies were small and passing. But as they got older, the hardships became real and the wounds deeper."

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And another one:

"It was a thing weak men did to appear strong. Browbeat others with a condescending tone that said "you are just another fool if you challenge me". Regardless of the facts. Regardless of reality."

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We're on a theme today:
"A farce, throwing red meat to baying wolves, whose lives were so meagre, thanks to him, that having someone to blame, someone to hate, was a fine distraction from their grumbling bellies and cold hearths."
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