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Things had not changed as much as she might have wanted. But at least she could smile now.
“And how can we enrich each other today?”
Now the Prophet had gone wherever Prophets go, presumably heaven but probably the other direction,
“The Prophet is gone. We that remain must make our own choices, and if we choose a better world, it must be paid for.”
His August Majesty the High King no doubt lived very well, after all. What difference would it really make if Manok politely demurred from making a contribution to his coffers?
We should all be so lucky as to die in an unspectacular fashion.”
She tried not to show how delighted she was with his approval, and he tried not to show how delighted he was with her delight.
I am protecting her. I am preparing her. I am making the world she deserves. Why, watching her swan about the room, so utterly dauntless, so beautifully composed, the excuses almost made themselves.
If we are to make a better future, we must rip the past up by the roots.
“It is not enough to hate the old system, or even to bring it down. One must have plans for what will follow.
You want a Great Change, ain’t enough to sit there jawing about it.
