| "And we leave our children," Valentin saidSons... 875 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:14 am] |
"And we leave our children," Valentin saidSons and daughters who will remember usBabes in arms our wives and grandfathers will teach when they grow up to know the story of the River Deisa, what happened here, and, even more, what we were in this province before the fallBrandin of Ygrath can destroy us tomorrow, he can overrun our home, but he cannot take away our name, or the memory of what we have been
"He cannot," Saevar echoed, feeling an odd, unexpected lift to his heart"I am sure that you are rightWe are not the last free generationThere will be ripples of tomorrow that run down all the yearsOur children's children will remember us, and will not lie tamely under the yoke
"And if any of them seem inclined to," Valentin added in a different tone, "there will be the children or grandchildren of a certain sculptor who will smash their heads for them, of stone or otherwise
Saevar smiled in the darknessHe wanted to laugh, but it was not in him just then"I hope so, my lord, if the goddesses and the god allowThank you for saying thatNot between us and not this nightThe Triad guard and shelter you tomorrow, and after, and guard and shelter all that you have loved,"
Saevar swallowed"You know you are a part of that, my lordA part of what I have |
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| She could feel the tell-tale color rising in her... 921 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:43 am] |
She could feel the tell-tale color rising in her cheeks
When it became clear that the musicians were coming inside, it had taken a supreme act of self-control for her to regain the mien and composure proper to her parents' oldest, most trusted child
In the house it became easier because the instant the two male guests stepped through the doorway Selvena had gone into her predictable mating frenzyA course of behavior so embarrassingly transparent to her older sister that it drove Alais straight back into her own habitual, detached watchfulnessSelvena had been crying herself to sleep for much of the year because it looked more and more as if she would still be unmarried when her eighteenth naming day came in the spring
Devin, the singer, was smaller and younger-looking than she'd expectedBut he was neat and lithe, with an easy smile and quick, intelligent eyes under sandy-brown hair that curled halfway over his earsShe'd expected him to be arrogant or pretentious, despite what her father had said, but she saw nothing of that at |
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| So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a... 785 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:34 am] |
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So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a little greed It's that radio station WII-FM, which stands for "What's In It-For Me?" A person needs to sit down and ask, "What's in it for me if I'm healthy, sexy and good looking?" Or "What would my life be like if I never had to work again?" Or "What would I do if I had all the money I needed?" Without that little greed, the desire to have something better, progress is not madeOur world progresses because we all desire a better life New inventions are made because we desire something betterWe go to school and study hard because we want something better So whenever you find yourself |
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| Or "Why don't you think about others?" and other... 785 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:34 am] |
Or "Why don't you think about others?" and other such words designed to instill guilt to suppress my greed
So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a little greed It's that radio station WII-FM, which stands for "What's In It-For Me?" A person needs to sit down and ask, "What's in it for me if I'm healthy, sexy and good looking?" Or "What would my life be like if I never had to work again?" Or "What would I do if I had all the money I needed?" Without that little greed, the desire to have something better, progress is not madeOur world progresses because we all desire a better life New inventions are made because we desire something betterWe |
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| "Baerd?" Elena said behind him, concernedHe tried... 281 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:48 am] |
"Baerd?" Elena said behind him, concernedHe tried to speak but found that he could notHe wanted to reassure her, her and Donar, that it was all right, but he seemed, unbelievably, to be weeping, for the first time in almost twenty years
For the first time since the year he had been a fourteen-year-old boy forbidden to go to war by his Prince's orders and his father'sForbidden to fight and die with them by the red banks of the River Deisa when all the shining had come to an end
"Be easy, Baerd," he heard Donar saying, deep and gentleThere is always a strangeness here
Then a woman's hands were briefly upon his shoulders and then reaching around him from behind to meet and clasp at his chestHer cheek rested against his back and she held him |
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| So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a... 359 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:45 am] |
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So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a little greed It's that radio station WII-FM, which stands for "What's In It-For Me?" A person needs to sit down and ask, "What's in it for me if I'm healthy, sexy and good looking?" Or "What would my life be like if I never had to work again?" Or "What would I do if I had all the money I needed?" Without that little greed, the desire to have something better, progress is not madeOur world progresses because we all desire a better life New inventions are made because we desire something betterWe go to school and study hard because we want something better So whenever you find yourself |
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| These two, and Baerd and the Duke, were men to be... 609 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:46 pm] |
These two, and Baerd and the Duke, were men to be reckoned with, in every possible way, and they were shaping plans that might change the map of the Palm, of the whole worldAnd he was here with them, he was one of them, chasing a dream of freedomHe took a long drink of his blue wine
Alessan's expression was troubled thoughHe looked, suddenly, as if he were burdened with a new and difficult weightHe leaned slowly back in his chair, his hand going through the tangle of his hair as he looked at Rovigo in silence for a long time
Turning from one man to the other, Devin felt abruptly lost again, his excitement fading almost as quickly as it had come
"Rovigo, have we not involved you enough already?" Alessan asked at length"I must admit this has become harder for me now that I have met your wife and daughtersThis coming year may see a change in things, and I cannot even begin to tell you how much more |
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| Hello, my account friends 265 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:45 pm] |
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Welcome to my first blog |
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| Russia Sends US Communications Satellite into Space |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|11:38 am] |
"Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a U.S. communications satellite from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Tuesday.
A live TV broadcast showed that the rocket blasted off at 3:22 a.m. Moscow time (0022 GMT) from the Central Asian launching pad.
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