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“There is too much emphasis on being positive, to the detriment of being real.”
“He hasnt really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but hes starting to, a little.”
“He hasn’t really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but he’s starting to, a little.”
“Then you shouldnt be worried about him being with me. You can have him back when Im done with him.”
“Then you shouldn’t be worried about him being with me. You can have him back when I’m done with him.”
“Some of the pain released, and love filled the cleared space, uniting, magnetizing more self-love to it.”
“Vesper felt herself turning red with humiliation. Then she looked at Allegrareally looked at her. Maybe shed had such a problem with people not seeing her because she wasnt seeing them. Did Allegra...”
“To him, she was one of the few girls who was nice to him, the stodgy son of a poor alcoholic shoemaker with such little status that he seemed unlikely to even get one wife, let alone the three or m...”
“Nim looked aghast. Of course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? Noits Number Seven of the wives. Her name is Begonia.Oh, no, Nim, Vesper said. You cant fall for one of the wives! ...”
“For everything about him fitting her fantasy image of what she wanted, she still didnt feel seen by himand that made her all the more aware that maybe her fantasy wasnt what she wanted at all.”
“Happily-ever-after monogamy has been reinforced so steadily in literature that we tend to feel like failures when we dont achieve that in reality.”
“Shed never spoken to anyone before of this business of being seen, loved for who she was; to have it voiced by this man shed just met sent chills down her spine.”
“Souls arent discrete units or even units at all. Theyre more like reflections of consciousness in a fractured mirror.”
“Souls are simply aspects of ego splintered off from Mae and Jin, the two original gods. They began with no ego at all, you know. But as they gained awareness of themselves, each affirmation of some...”
“It is nearly impossible to feel anything negative in here. Because youre really connected, to everything, here but its only meant to be a temporary sanctuary, a place to remember yourself. In time ...”
“The nobles had made reading unpopular, as it showed that one couldnt afford to buy spells or magical devices, since one had to get knowledge to do things the ordinary way; even if this view held li...”
“Part of her exulted that hed asked her, out of everyone in the coach, this question; he must think her intelligent. The rest of her, though, wanted to slap herself for disproving his thought. Here ...”
“She would have found it peaceful and relaxing here, but in every town they traveled through, people radiated anxiety under uneasy masks of optimism. Their dependency on magic had made them nearly h...”
“Oh, she breathed. How silly Ive been.How silly weve all been, said another of the wives. We shouldnt be fighting each other. Our problems dont lie in any of the relationships we have with each othe...”
“Have you heard of the Children of Mae?The cult? She knew of a religious group whose members went door to door, preaching the benefits of self-disciplineabstinence, celibacy or monogamy, vegetariani...”
“Souls aren’t discrete units — or even units at all. They’re more like reflections of consciousness in a fractured mirror.”
“The nobles had made reading unpopular, as it showed that one couldn’t afford to buy spells or magical devices, since one had to get knowledge to do things the ordinary way; even if this view held l...”
