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"Everyone said it was a slow burn and it is a verrrryyyyyy slow burn but things are starting to heat up. Not much plot outside of them." — Dec 02, 2025 07:38AM
"Everyone said it was a slow burn and it is a verrrryyyyyy slow burn but things are starting to heat up. Not much plot outside of them." — Dec 02, 2025 07:38AM
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"I hate when Emily knows the solution and Wendell is like, oh tell me later. No. Share information immediately." — Nov 16, 2025 05:05AM
"I hate when Emily knows the solution and Wendell is like, oh tell me later. No. Share information immediately." — Nov 16, 2025 05:05AM
“Come to me, and I will try to heal you. I will try to heal you, if you but come back,” Sasha sang softly, the melody sweet, the lyrics heartfelt, and it fell from her lips in a husky plea. “Come to me, and I will give you shelter, I will give you shelter, if you but come back,” he added, picking up where she left off. His lips brushed the lobe of her ear, and he felt the shudder that swept from the crown of her head to the tips of her toes. Her heart galloped, her skin grew damp beneath his, and he continued to chant, making the promise all over again. “Come to me, and I will try to love you. I will try to love you, if you but come back.”
― The Queen and the Cure
― The Queen and the Cure
“67. One Day When There Were Several People in the Empress’s Presence
One day when there were several people in the empress’s presence, including many senior courtiers and young noblemen, I was leaning against a pillar, chatting with some of the other women. Suddenly Her Majesty threw a note at me. “Should I love you or should I nor?” it said. “What will you do if I cannot give you first place in my heart?”
No doubt she was thinking of recent conversations when I had remarked in her hearing, “If I do not come first in people’s affections, I had just soon not be loved at all; in fact I would rather be hated or even maltreated. It is better to be dead than to be loved in second or third place. Yes, I must be first.” Hearing this, someone had said, “There we have the Single Vehicle of the Law!” and everyone had burst out laughing.
Now the Empress gave me a brush and some paper. I wrote the following note and handed it to her: “Among the Nine Ranks of lotus seats even the lowliest would satisfy me.”
“Well, well,” said the Empress, “you seem to have lost heart completely. That’s bad. I prefer you to go on thinking as you did before.”
“My attitude depends on the person in question,” I replied.
“That’s really bad,” she said, much to my delight. “You should try to come first in the affections of even the most important people.”
― The pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon
One day when there were several people in the empress’s presence, including many senior courtiers and young noblemen, I was leaning against a pillar, chatting with some of the other women. Suddenly Her Majesty threw a note at me. “Should I love you or should I nor?” it said. “What will you do if I cannot give you first place in my heart?”
No doubt she was thinking of recent conversations when I had remarked in her hearing, “If I do not come first in people’s affections, I had just soon not be loved at all; in fact I would rather be hated or even maltreated. It is better to be dead than to be loved in second or third place. Yes, I must be first.” Hearing this, someone had said, “There we have the Single Vehicle of the Law!” and everyone had burst out laughing.
Now the Empress gave me a brush and some paper. I wrote the following note and handed it to her: “Among the Nine Ranks of lotus seats even the lowliest would satisfy me.”
“Well, well,” said the Empress, “you seem to have lost heart completely. That’s bad. I prefer you to go on thinking as you did before.”
“My attitude depends on the person in question,” I replied.
“That’s really bad,” she said, much to my delight. “You should try to come first in the affections of even the most important people.”
― The pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon
“when air, food, and shelter are assured, only two things matter. Work and companionship. To be alone and without purpose is to be the living dead.”
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
“Lord, teach me to be generous;
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil, and not to seek for rest;
To labor, and not to ask for reward -
except to know that I am doing your will.”
―
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil, and not to seek for rest;
To labor, and not to ask for reward -
except to know that I am doing your will.”
―
“Logic only took you so far. Sometimes the cure to the dark was to find another flame burning bright.”
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
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