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“This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”
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“Even with all this power, it comes down to the same old things. Connections, money, influence.”
― The Sixth Borough
― The Sixth Borough
“Beliefs are the masters of the world, and all masters are tyranical”
― The Secret Magdalene
― The Secret Magdalene
“I slowed my pace. Years of hauling water, wringing out clothes, scrubbing floors, emptying chamber pots, with no chance of beauty or color or light in my life, stretched before me like a landscape of flat land where, a long way off, the sea is visible but can never be reached.”
― Girl with a Pearl Earring
― Girl with a Pearl Earring
“The Elder of Ewart spoke out. “Your words are powerful, Ala Moire, yet they will not suffice. The Dewar commands 50,000 troops in Erbea. We are unskilled in war. We have no hope of defeating or even slowing down this invasion. All we can do is hope to treat with them and negotiate some settlement. If this means we bow our heads, so be it. I will not call simple allegiance to a foreign king slavery. Unless the Dewar wants to rape our land, he can have my fealty.”
― White Light Red Fire
― White Light Red Fire
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