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1 " As a youth, I listened to the rain from the bowers of pleasure houses,Red silk drapes translucent in the glow of candlelight.In my prime, I listened to the rain as a traveler,The sky low, the river broad, the calls of the wild geese harsh and cold.Now, grey at the temples, I listen to the rain beneath the eaves of an abandoned cloister.Has mine been a futile life?I have no answers, only the sound of raindrops upon worn stone steps,And long hours yet to pass before the light of dawn. "
― Sherry Thomas , My Beautiful Enemy (The Heart of Blade Duology, #2)
2 " Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. "
― Thomas Paine , Common Sense
