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It seems obvious to say, and yet worth saying, that most of these moments of violence are due to the colonialist’s instinct to transport, cage, and own what is fundamentally unownable: a wild animal, or even nature itself.
“My necromancer and I always liked you...and hey, what’s like except a love that hasn’t been invited indoors?”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
“Camilla, we did it right, didn't we?" Palamedes said, and now Nona knew he wasn't speaking to anyone else in the universe. "We had something very nearly perfect... the perfect friendship, the perfect love. I cannot imagine reaching the end of this life and having any regrets, so long as I had been allowed to experience being your adept.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Everyone is born pure, and it’s the very act of living—fighting for our survival—that beats the purity and goodness out of us.”
― Down with the System
― Down with the System
“Don’t worry, kiddie, she said tiredly. I’ll keep loving you—my problem is I don’t know how to stop.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
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