Tipping his cap, he strolled away, whistling. Watching him go, Elizabeth envied the carefree life of a young man in the city. He could come and go as he pleased, see whom he wished whenever he wanted, dine or drink wherever he felt like it,
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“He knew that, to control his people, he had to control the information they had access to. Hide the truth from people, and you kept them in the dark.”
― Brimstone
― Brimstone
“Men with political ambitions and money rarely cared about the lives they ruined so long as they continued amassing power.”
― Perfectly Wicked
― Perfectly Wicked
“All libraries contained magic. Even libraries that didn’t specialize in such things. Because what was a book, if not a portal into another realm, another time, another life even.”
― Brimstone
― Brimstone
“It’s a sin to wear a bra past seven PM.”
― Perfectly Wicked
― Perfectly Wicked
“A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid!”
― Emma
― Emma
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