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“There are no gods watching.”
In a conquered land, the only way to win was to survive.
Calm the storm of your emotions. A restless ocean is not one to sail upon.
she’d learned that sometimes kind lies were better than hard truths.
“There. Now you look as perfect as a doll. No man will look at you and suspect the wily fox–spirited girl inside.”
Kind lies can kill kingdoms.
how did you destroy a people? You began by cutting off their roots.
“You live for those you have lost. You carry their legacies inside you.
so long as we live on, we carry inside us all that they have destroyed. And that is our triumph; that is our rebellion.”
Did you know, they are stronger than they look?
it is the duty of those with power to protect those without.”
No matter how luxurious a life the caged bird leads, it remains at the mercy of its master.
It’s too much. It was too much, from the very start.
He was at once drowning and coming to life.
There is a balance to power, too.
Kingdom before life, honor into death.
the true demons in this world wore the faces of men.
I was afraid of your demon but never of you.”
The greatest strength lies in getting back up after one falls down.
