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October 24 - November 3, 2022
Let wisdom be your staff; grip it firmly. Let compassion be your crown; wear it proudly. And above all, bring joy with you wherever you go. Cling to it with all of your might. For fear is the enemy of the Hyland women.”
“Wounds from a fight are just reminders,” he answers coolly. “Reminders that we care enough about something to fight for it.”
“Really, I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m just here to drink and fix everyone else’s mistakes,”
Tell me, Idalia, if pain only exists in the life we now live, then why is our most basic instinct to preserve it?”
“The Great Darkness is in your blood, Idalia. Should you choose to face your fate, you will not survive it. However, should you choose to ignore your fate, the world will be swallowed whole, and all light shall pass away.”
“Good news,” he announces proudly. “We cut tons of branches, and none of them came alive!” “Better news,” Braizen counters. “We’re all going to sleep naked together.”
“Believe me, not being tethered to a man your whole life is more of a blessing than you could know.”
“Men’s interests run far and wide, Your Highness. That’s why we’ve accomplished a great many things.” “A great many things you say,” Theodore says with raised eyebrows. “Do tell, whoever you are, what has a man accomplished that is so great in your astute opinion?” Stig shuffles his feet before her unwavering stare and clears his throat. “Why, everything, of course. That’s why men run this world.” An almost unbearable silence follows until, without looking up from the book she’s scanning, Idalia cracks a laugh. Theodore looks first at Idalia and then back at Stig, sending him a cool smile.
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“Knowledge is deemed dangerous by the wicked. They don’t want those beneath them to learn too much because wisdom threatens power.”
