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“Oh. Good,” I said, nonplussed. I leaned back, gazing down at the book in my hands, trying desperately to think of something to say. “You know, Kipling was a horrible racist.” Oh, for God’s sake.
“This is my choice, and I choose you, Donatella. I don’t need immortality. You’re my forever.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Everywhere there is beauty, my dear. And those who draw our eye, our ear, any bit of our attention to this beauty are the artists among us. Whether the beauty is a sculpture or a piece of jewelry. A sonata or a sitting room. A well-told story or a well-proportioned building, or even a well-oiled machine. Let us never minimize the gifts of those who bring us beauty in whatever form they are skilled to bring it.”
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
“Most of my life, I’ve romanticized death. I used to love the idea of something being so tremendous that it was worth dying for. But I was wrong. I think the most magnificent things are worth living for.”
― Finale
― Finale
“If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“Just because something is real doesn't mean you believe in it.”
― Finale
― Finale
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