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“For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, "Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks." Thus I became a madman.”
― The Mad Man
― The Mad Man
“A love you always have to fight for isn't worth it”
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“There existed something in this world that bound a mage tighter than a blood oath: love. Love was the ultimate chain, the ultimate whip, and the ultimate slave driver.”
― The Burning Sky
― The Burning Sky
“Fortune favors the brave."
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
“Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
― Love & Misadventure
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
― Love & Misadventure
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