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1 " Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler. "
― S.D. Smith , The Black Star of Kingston (The Green Ember, #0.5; Tales of Old Natalia, #1)
2 " I am afraid... But I keep on loving what's on the other side of this fight, and that will have to make me brave. "
3 " My place beside you. My blood for yours. Till the Green Ember rises, or the end of the world! "
4 " We may find pleasure in our duty, but our duty is not our own pleasure. "
5 " Whitson felt a great wave of sadness then. But it crashed, as always, on a shore of hope. At least when he looked at his son. "
6 " Whitson "
7 " young, of course. But perhaps it will ground him a little.” “He’s a hard one to wrangle, that’s for sure. He "