Emily Squires
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East Of Eden
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“Anger’s a slow thing in me and disgust is slower, but I can taste the beginnings of both of them.
“A king waited to see which of his sons showed the most potential for rulership, or displayed characteristics which he himself recognised as desirable.”
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
“If there was any crying to do, he would do it on his own. He wouldn’t want anyone else to see him like that.”
― John Lennon: The Life
― John Lennon: The Life
“His empire was founded on bloodshed, as all empires invariably are.”
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
“Often they were too ashamed to show their faces and knew they would be treated as outcasts. Or their own families had sold them into slavery in the first place.”
― The Whistleblower
― The Whistleblower
“But it must be conceded that as Persia grew in power and status, it exponentially required and desired slaves to make the imperial system work.”
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
― Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
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