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And I wasn’t old enough to be wise, so I loved her more, not less, because I knew she would be taken from me soon.

— Naomi Novik Uprooted (2015)

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But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.

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All of magic essentially involves sneaking something you want past reality while it’s distracted and looking the other way.

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But hope is good strong drink, especially when you can get someone else to buy it for you.

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A robber who steals a knife and cuts himself cannot cry out against the woman who kept it sharp.

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Thrice, mortal maiden,” in a rhyme almost like a song, “Thrice you shall turn silver to gold for me, or be changed to ice yourself.

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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