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Dead Men Walking: a Novelette by Duncan Ralston
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“I wasn't fishing for compliments, bro, but thanks, I guess.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

tags: acknowledgment, appreciation, banter, camaraderie, casualness, friendship, gratitude, humility, modesty, nonchalance

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“Hope is the slowest poison.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

tags: contradiction, cynicism, despair, disillusionment, duality, hope, introspection, irony, metaphor, philosophical-reflection

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“Pessimism ain't the fucking antidote, don't get me wrong. But a healthy dose of it does a lot of good.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

tags: balance, caution, coping-mechanism, perspective, pessimism, pragmatism, realism, resilience, self-protection, skepticism

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“I don't know, humane or not, man, a life is a life. Push a button half a million miles away or stick a shiv in a man's kidney while the dude stares you in the eye, you still got blood on your hands.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

tags: accountability, consequence, empathy, ethics, humanity, morality, responsibility, technology, warfare

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“The thing Jesus said about forgiveness? 'When we forgive men for their sins, God forgives us for ours.' We have to remember that, man. Hold it close to our hearts.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

tags: compassion, empathy, faith, forgiveness, grace, humility, reconciliation, redemption, religious-teachings, spirituality

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