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“She laughed out loud. 'I can't teach you that,' she said. 'Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you're lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have. I advise you to forget about love, princess. Pleasure is simpler, and duty more important. Learn to be satisfied with them.' I should have believed her and modified my expectations. But I didn't. Deep in my stubborn heart I was convinced I deserved more.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“For indeed, a man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if in the end he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
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"It's hard to argue with your mouth full," Thude said.”
― Words of Radiance
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