“It’s easy to love the lovable. Can Isabelle love when it hurts? When its costs? When the price of love may be her life?” “Mortals aren’t born strong, they become strong. Isabelle will, too.” “You are many things,” said Fate, shaking her head. “Most of all, you are ruthless.” “And you are dreary, madame,” Chance said hotly. “So dreary, you’d have everyone in bed at eight with a cup of hot milk and a plate of madeleines. Can’t you see that the courage to risk, to dare, to toss that gold coin up in the air over and over again, win or lose, is what makes humans human? They are fragile, doomed
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