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torybear
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by torybear » Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:44 am
woohoo!!! you got it
You're up.
Edge
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by Edge » Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:54 am
Cool - here we go then:
Build with honest iron; build with stone; build with wood. If you cannot build with those, do not build.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Gil galad
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by Gil galad » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:23 pm
Is that Justen to Lerris in death of chaos?
Edge
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by Edge » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:37 pm
It's not, sorry.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Gil galad
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by Gil galad » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:19 am
Meh, was just a guess
Scooterboy
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by Scooterboy » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:15 pm
How about Lerris's uncle Sardit in the Magic of Recluce?
Embrace change.
Brace for change.
I brake for change.
Edge
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by Edge » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:39 pm
Sorry, also wrong.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Edge
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by Edge » Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:47 pm
Okay, li'l hint: it's not from any of the 'Recluce' books.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Gil galad
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by Gil galad » Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:40 pm
*slides box of recluce books back under bed*
Edge
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by Edge » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:16 am
Ok, expanding the quote a bit...
Build with honest iron; build with stone; build with wood. If you cannot build with those, do not build.
For while what you have built may last, while it may tower into the night skies and mirror the sun by day, you cannot afford the cost.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Learion
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by Learion » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:45 pm
Can it be?
The Forever Hero: Dawn for a Distant Earth
Edge
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by Edge » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:17 pm
It can indeed!
Your turn!
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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by Kvetch » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:39 pm
I'm annoyed - the first questions i could answer in ages, and I was away.....
Ignore me, just wanted a rant
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
torybear
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by torybear » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:33 pm
if it makes you feel better I knew the answer but was barred from answering by the rules...
Learion
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by Learion » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:54 pm
Here we go.
(Book and speaker)
"Then I would say that music is beauty, and there is too little beauty in a cold world."
It is not the quote I really wanted to use but since I couldnt remember it exacly, I took this one instead. At least after more then 2 hours of searching, I will remember to write down the quote, book and page next time.
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by Aunflin » Tue Sep 07, 2004 1:00 pm
Hmmm...that quote sounds ever so familiar. However, I can't quite place it at the moment.
Anyway, I just wanted to say, "Welcome to the IBDoF, Learion!"
"A writer's chosen task is to write well and professionally. If you can't keep doing it, then you're no longer a professional, but a gifted amateur." L. E. Modessit, jr.
Kvetch
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by Kvetch » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:39 pm
Yo, Learion.
Sounds like Archform
(note to Learion: you don't have to acknowlege that guess either way as it does not include speaker details - it is merely a suggestion to others)
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by torybear » Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:29 pm
Of Tangible Ghosts....the retired spy...sorry I have the flu and can't call the name to mind
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by Kvetch » Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:14 pm
commiserations.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
Learion
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by Learion » Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:12 am
Sorry, it's neither Archfrom nor Of Tangible Ghosts.
Hey and thanks, Aunflin.
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by torybear » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:27 am
Ok....
Nylan...responding to what he thought of his to be paramour's music in the tower....maybe Fall of Angels....still have the flu
Learion
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by Learion » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:33 am
Nope, not Nylan or Fall of Angels.
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by Hunter B » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:17 pm
Is it from the Spellsong Cycle? If not then can we have a hint?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Learion
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by Learion » Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:17 am
It's not fantasy and torybear was close.
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by Kvetch » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:14 am
Learion wrote:
"Then I would say that music is beauty, and there is too little beauty in a cold world."
To bring it back down into sight. However close Torybear was, I think the good old cryogenic storage is needed
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."