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We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things—of diverse tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, sprightly and solemn: the musician who should only affect some of
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“I love you. As long as there is anything of me that exists, I will love you. Always.”
― Manacled
― Manacled
“The worthwhile run is never the short one. You know we’re not running from oblivion, Thomil. We’re running toward hope.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“Her hand pressed against her stomach, and she gave a low sob. “I don’t want to choose.” Her voice was rasping, and it hurt to speak. “I always have to choose, and I never get to choose you. I’m so tired of not getting to choose you.”
― Manacled
― Manacled
“You saw what those thousands of people did in front of my father. All the fanfare, all the ceremony—the charade, the theater—I can’t stand it. I loathe to think of people pretending they mourn me when they do not, or praising me when they detest me, or remembering me as kind when I was wicked. I cannot bear the thought of anyone offering to go echo-step with me when they do not mean it.' His voice wavered with real emotion, real fear. 'Wei—if I die tomorrow, I beg of you, don’t let them make a spectacle of me in my death. I wish to die quietly, just as I am.”
― The Poet Empress
― The Poet Empress
“He drew her lips back to his and kissed her. Slow and intent.
Like a star, he was glittering and ice-cold from afar, but when the space was bridged, the heat of him was endless.”
― Manacled
Like a star, he was glittering and ice-cold from afar, but when the space was bridged, the heat of him was endless.”
― Manacled
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