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"I'd heard about this book series and NEEDED it. Growing up as a prequels girlie, I always loved Padmé. Seeing her wardrobe at a SW costume exhibit was a highlight. And my childhood sci-fi creative writing included lots of queens and costumes. I Feel Heard that this series and premise exists. It feels irrevocably **Star Wars** but also fresh. Floored that the first paragraph is about the Queen's makeup. <3 Let's go." — Dec 26, 2025 10:33AM
"I'd heard about this book series and NEEDED it. Growing up as a prequels girlie, I always loved Padmé. Seeing her wardrobe at a SW costume exhibit was a highlight. And my childhood sci-fi creative writing included lots of queens and costumes. I Feel Heard that this series and premise exists. It feels irrevocably **Star Wars** but also fresh. Floored that the first paragraph is about the Queen's makeup. <3 Let's go." — Dec 26, 2025 10:33AM
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""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
""My rashness and impiety lay in the fact that what I ought to have verified by investigation I had simply asserted as an accusation. . . . Deceived with promises of certainty, with childish error and rashness I had mindlessly repeated many uncertain things as if they were certain. . . . when I contended against your Catholic Church with blind accusations."" — Jan 26, 2025 10:07PM
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As a dieheart Voltron fan who has to get my human hands on everything from Beast King Golion to Vehicle Force to the latest episodes of Legendary Defender, I was extremely excited in the opportunity to purchase and read this omnibus. I must say, out
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“Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.”
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
― How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
“For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.”
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
“Okay, I'm gonna do something slightly illegal now, so you just look the other way for a second.”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
“I didn't mean to come here...
And I didn't mean to stay...
It's just where the sea wind blew me
One accidental day...”
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And I didn't mean to stay...
It's just where the sea wind blew me
One accidental day...”
―
“History is a set of repeating circles, like the tide. The wind does blow through the ruins of tomorrow. But it is more a question of two steps forward, one step back. Humans and dragons make the same mistakes, again and again, but things do get better over time”
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