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If a man who claims to see the future is a fool,
how much more so, the man who believes he can control it?
We think we steer the ship of fate,
but all of us are guided by unseen stars.

— Megan Whalen Turner Thick as Thieves (2017)

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"Nothing mortals make lasts; nothing the gods make endures forever."

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"He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you."

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"Be cautious," said the other. "Do not offend the gods."

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Grown more confident of the queen's humor, Relius said, "I had not pictured you for a fishwife."
"Lo, the transforming power of love."

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