He knew that he wielded magic as well as iron, and yet looked away from it, and made himself fables to explain his own presence in the world, and sou… - C. J. Cherryh

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He knew that he wielded magic as well as iron, and yet looked away from it, and made himself fables to explain his own presence in the world, and sought gods who might be more powerful than himself. It would be very comfortable if there were someone more powerful than himself, on this Road, on this particular morning, someone to guide him, even someone to blame....

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About C. J. Cherryh

C. J. Cherryh (born Carolyn Janice Cherry on 1 September 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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Birth Name: Carolyn Janice Cherry
Alternative Names: Carolyn Janice Cherryh Carolyn Cherry Carolyn Cherryh
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But, oh, how precious those things were! To look at the sky, breathe the cold wind, have fingers nipped by chill and skin stung red and heart stirred to life, gods, he had been dead until Tristen arrived and asked him the first vexing question, and posed him the first insoluble puzzle, and marveled at hailstones and mourned over falling leaves. What miracles there were all around....

God help fools and tourists.

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