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“You said that you thought Queen Orlagh was waiting for an advantage to declare war. Instead, I think she is trying a new ruler鈥攐ne she hopes she can trick or replace with another indebted to her. She thinks me young and feckless and means to take my measure.鈥�

鈥淪o what?鈥� I ask. 鈥淥ur choice is to endure her games, no matter how deadly, or engage in a war we cannot win?鈥�

Cardan shakes his head and drinks another cup of tea. 鈥淲e show her that I am no feckless High King.鈥�

鈥淎nd how do we do that?鈥� I ask.

鈥淲ith great difficulty,鈥� he says. 鈥淪ince I fear she is right.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“It was not that he was feckless, more that he had simply not been around the day they handed out feck.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“We show her that I am no feckless High king.'

'And how do we do that?' I ask.

'With great difficulty,' he says. 'Since I fear she is right.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Gail bent over the face. Suddenly, she lurched backward. Her hand went to her forehead. 鈥淥h! This is Lloyd Crocker, the love of my life! We were engaged at the end of high school. He was the nicest, sweetest boy, but I messed up.鈥�
鈥淵ou? How did you mess it up?鈥�
鈥淥h, he took me to a party at his friend鈥檚 house and I started flirting with his friend for some reason, maybe to make him jealous; I don鈥檛 remember. So, Lloyd took me home and asked for his ring back. He said he couldn鈥檛 trust me. Oh, I was brokenhearted over him.
After I married Rich, Lloyd looked me up and we went for a walk. By then, he had a child and so did I. Oh, how I鈥檝e regretted losing him. I hope he had a good life.鈥�
Elsie recognized her mother鈥檚 feckless heart had never truly been rehabilitated. She could forget anyone if the next person in line seemed entertaining.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch