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“I didn’t mean to say that. Um, pay no attention to the lunatic inhabiting this body.”
― Dragon Bound
― Dragon Bound
“I really am going to try to be a better courtier, to match you,” she assured him.
“I forbid you to even try.”
“Why?”
He shrugged again. “I want you to direct all your efforts into other channels.”
“A better wife then?” she hazarded. “Less jealous and more understanding?”
He frowned. “Is that what you want from me? You’re not getting it.”
Fen gasped and then laughed. “No, that wasn’t what I meant…”
“You can be as jealous as you want. Not that I give you any cause.”
She just about forbore from pointing out that she didn’t give him any cause either. “What do you want me to direct my effort at then?” she asked in puzzlement.
“Loving me,” he said simply.
“Oh.” Fen found tears were pricking her eyes. “But that takes no effort at all.”
― His Forsaken Bride
“I forbid you to even try.”
“Why?”
He shrugged again. “I want you to direct all your efforts into other channels.”
“A better wife then?” she hazarded. “Less jealous and more understanding?”
He frowned. “Is that what you want from me? You’re not getting it.”
Fen gasped and then laughed. “No, that wasn’t what I meant…”
“You can be as jealous as you want. Not that I give you any cause.”
She just about forbore from pointing out that she didn’t give him any cause either. “What do you want me to direct my effort at then?” she asked in puzzlement.
“Loving me,” he said simply.
“Oh.” Fen found tears were pricking her eyes. “But that takes no effort at all.”
― His Forsaken Bride
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.”
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“... it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal.
Well, fuck them.
Make it personal.”
― Altered Carbon
Well, fuck them.
Make it personal.”
― Altered Carbon
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