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“I have tried to dismantle you, Gideon Nav! The Ninth House poisoned you, we trod you underfoot—I took you to this killing field as my slave—you refuse to die, and you pity me! Strike me down. You’ve won. I’ve lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“You hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I’d had your full attention.”
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“Maybe it's that I find the idea comforting...that thousands of years after you're gone...is when you really live. That your echo is louder than your voice is.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Gideon the Ninth
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Gideon the Ninth
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