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“In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves. Night is when fear comes to us at its fullest, when we have no way to fight it. It will do everything it can to seep inside you. Sometimes it may succeed-- but never think you are the night.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
“Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. When you read one of my poems, you fail to see the weeks of careful work it took me to build it – the thinking, the scratched-out words, the pages I burned in disgust. All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see. Such is politics.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
“You wear so much armour by daylight that, by night, you can carry it no longer. By night, you are only flesh. And even flesh of a queen is prone to fear”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
“You have seen more of the world than others have written of it You could shake the dust from the lecterns, breathe life into the textbooks.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
“All of us have shadows in us', he said. 'I accept yours.' He placed a hand over her ring. 'And I hope you will also accept mine.' With a tired smile, she threaded her fingers between his. 'Gladly'.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
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