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It all seemed very unfair. I'd never asked for a destiny
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I went to him unhesitatingly. He drew me against him, his lean body clad in black velvet doublet and breeches, with the de Morhban crest on his shoulder. I felt the dark tide of desire loose in my marrow, as one hand clasped hard on my buttocks, pressing me to him, and the other grasped the nape of my neck, entangled in the mesh caul, drawing my head back. He kissed me, then, hard and ruthlessly. I had chosen this. For what had happened bef..
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Lifting his head, Quincel de Morhban looked at me with something like awe. "It's true," he whispered. "What they say ... Kushiel's Dart. It's all true." "Yes, my lord," I murmured; if he'd told me the moon was locked in his stables, I'd have said the same, at that moment. De Morhban released me, turning away to pluck a great silvery rose, mindful of its thorns. "You see this?" he asked, placing it in my hand and folding my fingers about the..
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Those who are too rigid in their beliefs will break rather than bend with fortune's blows.
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I aspire to wisdom, my lady. I do not believe I possess it, not yet. But my lord Ptolemy Solon holds that happiness is the highest form of wisdom." I made a broad gesture. "Today the sun is shining and we are engaged in a pleasant pursuit in the company of friends. If that is wisdom, let us be content."
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I had grown to love the very city in all its decrepit grandeur. I had walked every inch of it by now. I knew it in the soles of my feet, in the sturdy muscles of my calves. Surely the finding mattered more than the losing.
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.
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My thanks, Master." He waved his hand. "It is what I do. If you wish to thank me, do a kindness for someone in need."
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couples. Their duties done, they had eyes only for each other, locking glances and smiling deeply; two realms, two rulers, united in love and a shared dream. It
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There are many things wealth cannot buy, and most of those are enumerated by philosophers who have never woken wondering if this day would be their last.
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Love as thou wilt. They are fools, who reckon Elua a soft god, fit only for the worship of starry-eyed lovers.
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Beauty inspires love; so it is said, in Terre d'Ange. Was it done that we might find this world worthy of loving?
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there
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super-size emotions had saved me. God knows, I'd spent enough time wrestling with them, but I'd never thought before about how much of what animates us as human beings--or semi-human beings--depends on our feelings. Without
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whatever complicated emotions I felt for him, I didn't want to ruin the moment with my unfortunately stereotypical American ignorance of history and geography.
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How strange it must be, I thought, to be wed not merely as husband and wife but Cruarch and Queen, trading men's lives and the wealth of nations as love-tokens.
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mayhap if I played at being the kind and gentle husband long enough, it would become true. Master Piero once told us that we might embody those qualities we desire to possess by embracing them, over and over, until the line between seeming and being is no more.
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Comme ils sont dans l'erreur ceux qui voient en Elua un dieu bien delicat, fait uniquement pour etre adore par les amants aux yeux tournes vers les etoiles. Mais que les guerriers clament donc leur foi dans des dieux de sang et de tonnerre ; l'amour est dur, plus dur que l'acier - et trois fois plus cruel. Il est inexorable comme la maree, et la vie et la mort marchent sur ses brisees.
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religion
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Somewhat to my surprise, there were several polite golf claps. Vampires.
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where power intersects with pleasure, there is danger. Adepts
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I have always thought that the notion of a Republic is a noble one, dating back to the glory days of Hellas, which all D'Angelines regard fondly as the last Golden Era before the coming of Elua. Now, seeing it in action, I was not so sure.
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That kiss, I cannot describe. It was like a poem, a prayer, a homecoming unlooked-for. It was like dungeon walls crumbling to reveal a glimpse of sky. It
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Mercy and compassion are all the grace left to us.
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Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted. And
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We knew each other's histories and secrets, hopes and fears and dreams. When you need to get good and drunk, that's the kind of person you want keeping pace with you. "Okay,"
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