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“Life is the tragedy,' she said bitterly. 'You know how they categorize Shakespeare's plays, right? If it ends with a wedding, it's a comedy. And if it ends with a funeral, it's a tragedy. So we're all living tragedies, because we all end the same way, and it isn't with a goddamn wedding.”
― The Beginning of Everything
― The Beginning of Everything

“For what is the Void but the beginning of Light? What is Light but the end of Fear? And what am I, but Light given from? What am I, but the beginning of Eternity?”
― The Immortal Heights
― The Immortal Heights

“Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
― Love & Misadventure
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
― Love & Misadventure
“A love you always have to fight for isn't worth it”
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“Fortune favors the brave."
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!”
― The Perilous Sea
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