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“Wolf, tell me something. Why is it that no matter how high in station a man is, he’s never all that far away from stepping in someone else’s dung?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 30, 2019
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“I believe they call it ‘civilization,’ Sire. As in: all the elaborate nonsense folk engage in to shift their dung away from where they sleep and eat. …#epic fantasy 3)
…Or rather: the art of getting someone else to do the shifting, because you are too busy and too important. It’s why the likes of you put up with the Palonders of this world.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 30, 2019
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“EXCUSE me?”
“Quiet, Palonder. Just LISTEN. This is how you learn what individuals of power think of you. This is invaluable; it lets you choose when and where they’ll squash you, rather than it coming as a horrid surprise.”#epic fantasy 5)
“Is this more of what you call ‘life management skills’?”
“For you, yes. For the King and for me, it’s more ‘esthetic roadkill placement.’”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 30, 2019