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“Let’s take down the gold leaf,” Caldenia said. “Elegance is never ostentatious, and there is nothing more bourgeois than covering everything in gold. It screams that one has too much money and too little taste, and it infuriates peasants. A palace should convey a sense of power and grandeur. One should enter and be awestruck. I’ve found the awe tends to cut down on revolts.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sweep in Peace

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar

“You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Things I Learned From Knitting