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“Don’t let life’s unfairness, don’t let how poor you are decide who you are. You choose who you will be, Aladdin. Will you be a hero who looks after the weak and powerless? Will you be a thief? Will you be a beggar—or worse? It’s up to you, not the things—or people—around you. You can choose to be something more.”
“No one deserves anything they get,” Morgiana said, shrugging. “It is what it is. You just have to make sure that at least sometimes you’re on the good side of getting. For you.”
“There’s another way. You don’t have to choose this life. You could be something more.”
“when anyone can reach up and take as much as they want—gold stops having value. Like sand.”
Was it possible to be friends with someone you didn’t agree with?
I wonder if our thoughts ever crossed, like stray breezes.” “Or a pair of swallows.”
I’d rather marry a cantankerous she-goat with five horns. Be less hard to deal with.”
It’s about dealing with people, treating them fairly, and listening to them even if you don’t agree. Sometimes it’s about making everyone unhappy—the same amount.”
