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I would not love, unless I was loved first and loved the most.
“If the royal family is involved, he will make sure to bury this case.” “How can you be so sure?” He replied with one word: “History.”
Sometimes—oftentimes—we cannot do both what is right and also please those around us.”
It is those you love that make a wretched life worth living.”
“When the time comes,” he said quietly, holding my gaze the way he held my hand. “You watch out for me. And I will always watch out for you.”
The more urgent a circumstance, Nurse Jeongsu had drilled into us, the calmer we must be.
Some dreams, I’d learned, were meant to fade away. And to let go of them didn’t mean to let go of myself, but to release the life I’d imagined I wanted.
