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It will end, Childan thought. Someday. The very idea of place. Not governed and governing, but people.
“When she was almost seventeen, a man in a carriage came to town and watched as she rode for provisions. He was still there on her return, peering out. She paid him no mind and, indeed, by himself he was not important. But he marked a turning point. Other men had gone out of their way to catch sight of her; other men had even ridden twenty miles for the privilege, as this man had. The importance here is that this was the first rich man who had bothered to do so, the first noble. And it was this man, whose name is lost to antiquity, who mentioned Buttercup to the Count. T”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“The wrong people die, some of them, and the reason is this: life is not fair. Forget all the garbage your parents put out.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“I wish I could rip the star off (carefully, stitch by stitch, so as not to ruin my lovely coat), because yellow is meant to be a happy color, not the color of hate.”
― Yellow Star
― Yellow Star
“Then I have a new worry. If God dies, who will run the world? I hope it’s not the Nazis.”
― Yellow Star
― Yellow Star
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