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“Men never think much of people like us—we are not the ones sitting on thrones or holding court, after all—but their underestimation, I am convinced, is our strength. Our names may not be in the bylines of poems, but we still have power to change things from the shadows. In our own way.”

“Power is such a wicked thing. Razing everything in its path, consuming all, leaving none untouched. Not even the kindest of souls among us are spared, once they have had so much as a taste.”