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The good face pain. But the great--they embrace it.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

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  1. Don't be afraid. The dead cannot hurt you. They give you no pain, except that of seeing your own death in their faces. And one can face tha…
  2. Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.
  3. An honor is not diminished for being shared.
  4. We don't just march on the future, we charge it.
  5. Tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and som…
  6. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
  7. Why shouldn't a madman dream of being sane?
  8. Pain hurts, sir. I don't court it.

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  • suffering
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