"You are only a prisoner when you surrender."

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Source : Tad Williams (2007). “Shadowplay: Shadowmarch”, p.657, Penguin

Tad Williams

#Surrender Quotes #Prisoner Quotes

“The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.”
“Fear is stronger than arms.”
“As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.”
“The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.”
“Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.”
“The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.”
“I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.”
“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

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