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"Surely, eventually, they had to leave the city of dreaming spires; had to take up their respective posts and repay all that Babel had given them. But the future, vague as it was frightening, was easily ignored for now; it paled so against the brilliance of the present."

Prosecutor Vyshinsky: State your name.

Rostov: Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt.

Vyshinsky: You may have your titles; but they are of no use to anyone else.

"And just like everybody else, I'm captive to everyday life, clinging to the humble surface of the earth. Even the most powerful person, or the richest, can't escape that gravity."

"Many of the core beliefs we formed - about success, love, safety, and our own worth - were shaped through a lens of childhood understanding. And while those beliefs may have protected us at the time, they no longer serve the person we are becoming."

on chapter #8