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""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
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"Contemporary jokes in here will be incomprehensible to people a generation down the line, but they are hysterical now. Apology video, how to wear pants..." — Nov 08, 2024 10:29PM
"Contemporary jokes in here will be incomprehensible to people a generation down the line, but they are hysterical now. Apology video, how to wear pants..." — Nov 08, 2024 10:29PM

“Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this."
But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all."
His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all."
His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
“When ethnicity is all you think about, there’s bound to be confrontation…But if we see each other as individuals, then it’s possible to treat each other as equals.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Box Set
― Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Box Set

“The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and our hearts may be worn, but a Hero fights forever.”
― How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
― How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
“Okay, I'm gonna do something slightly illegal now, so you just look the other way for a second.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1

“Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.”
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero

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