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“All men are villains. He was afraid, I realized, and I wonder now if it was because he his proclamation made him a villain too.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“Speak for those less fortunate than yourself, who will need your help. Speak for the ones who will come after you, looking to you for guidance. Stay true, daughter. One day, you will see it all go up in flames.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“The older we were, the less magnificent we seemed.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“He tells you to play, so you play. He tells you to curtsy, so you curtsy. He tells what you are meant to do and what you are meant not to do, so you do and you dono do. He tells you not to be angry, so you smile, you turn your eyes down, you are quiet and do exactly as he says in the hopes that this is what he wants, and then one night you realize that you have given him so much of yourself that you are nothing but the curtsy and the smile and the quiet. That you are nothing.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“I am going to tell you a story you already know. But listen carefully, because within it is one you have never heard before.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
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