Dima Zales Quotes

#1. Augusta created a magical object called the Interpreter Stone, and I came up with a simpler magical language to go along with it. So now, instead of reciting a difficult verbal spell, a sorcerer can use the simpler language to write his spell on cards and feed it to the stone.

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#2. Blaise's creation, however, was not a myth. She - it - was an artificially created monster with potentially unlimited powers. For all they knew, it could destroy the world and every human being in it. And Blaise was attracted to it. The thought made Augusta so sick she thought she might throw up.

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#3. The spell that created you was supposed to make an interconnected structure of nodes - nodes that can learn. Billions and billions of nodes in the Spell Realm, all magically connected together -

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#4. everything you've ever experienced in your 'real' life was your brain's interpretation of your sensory inputs.

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#5. Jealous?" She looked livid now. "Why would I be jealous of this, this . . . thing? It's nothing more than a few strings of code and life experiences of some dirty peasants. I have a man now - a real man, not some hermit hiding among his books and theories!

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#6. He definitely needed to teach her how to control her emotions, he thought wryly. It wouldn't do to have her burn down the entire forest if they became more intimate.

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#7. living means experiencing the world with your mind.

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#8. No matter what it took, he would get to the bottom of this matter - and when he did, the man who betrayed him would pay.

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#9. When she was done, Blaise stared at her in astonishment. "Did you just read and understand that whole book?" "Yes." Unable

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#10. Ot-yebis' Eugene," Mira says, her face getting flushed. Whatever she just said, Eugene takes a breath and stops talking.

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#11. His sense of humor was permanently replaced by the Pythagorean Theorem.

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#12. For almost two years, the rain had been sparse, and grain was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Augusta did her best to purchase whatever grain was available and send it to her people, but the ungrateful wretches still complained.

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#13. I took 2682, halved it to get 1341 and then multiplied it by 10.'
Blaise thought about it for a second and realised that her method was indeed the easiest way to solve the problem.

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#14. My phone makes the most annoying noises. Why did I put it next to the bed again?

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#15. Near death experiences seem to do that for me--- they bring out my sentimental side.

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#16. Your best bet is to enjoy things when life brings you something good, and tough it out as best you can when it brings you the usual shit storm.

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#17. was usually a she - though on occasion, it experienced being a he, too. It knew who it was, even though every time it was someone different. Inside these visions, the world was easy. Understandable. But it was just an illusion. Outside these visions was the being's reality. The reality

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#18. A lie is not a lie if you don't know you're lying.

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