Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

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"It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate."

Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

"But he could not call the doctors at the leprosarium. They would return him to Louisiana. They would treat him and train him and counsel him. They would put him back into life as if his illness were all that mattered, as if wisdom were only skin deep, as if grief and remorse and horror were nothing but illusions, tricks done with mirrors, irrelevant to chrome and porcelain and clean, white, stiff hospital sheets and fluorescent lights."

Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

"And he who wields white, wild magic gold is a paradoxFor he is everything and nothingHero and foolPotent, helplessAnd with one word of truth or treacheryHe will save or damn the earthBecause he is mad and saneCold and passionateLost and found"

Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question"."

Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever