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Expediency is the god of princes.

— Melinda M. Snodgrass Queen's Gambit Declined (1989)

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Your passion and loyalty do you credit, Hans, but they do little to convince me that you also possess a brain.

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Magic is only useful against those with an affinity to magic.

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There is no kindness at courts, only greed and lies and pain.

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If you do not act, the world dies, and you with it. Surely survival is worth a little effort? Unless you are so eager to retire to that dismal heaven of your Christian god?

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“His heart and mind must be pure. He must put aside fornication—”
Sagitta chuckled. “Dear Father, sex is the ultimate creative power. Your faith’s rejection of that principle will be its downfall.”

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