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1 " Because I am a doll, and a servant. Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same. "
― Leigh Bardugo , The Tailor (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1.5)
2 " She keeps that haughty look, but her shoulders stiffen and she has to work a bit harder to lift her perfect nose in the air. I know I shouldn’t enjoy her misery as much as I do. I also shouldn’t have a second buttered roll with my breakfast every morning, but sometimes one must indulge. "
3 " I don’t want to wear this anymore,” I pleaded. “It’s a servant’s uniform.”“It’s a soilder’s uniform. "
4 " It was white. White and gold. It was livery. I told myself it meant nothing. It was just a color.But I was wrong. That color meant everything.It was a command to the Queen’s ladies that they shouldn’t greet me or acknowledge that I’d entered a room.It was an indelible line drawn between me and the other Grisha.It was a signal to the King that he could follow me into my chambers and press me up against the wall, that I was available for his use.That there was no point to crying out. "
5 " It hurts, but I can bear it. Because I am a doll, and a servant. Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same. "
6 " But I pushed down my confused tears and did as she asked, still hoping that whatever I’d broken might be repaired. "
7 " Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same. "
8 " Do not let them humble you, he said softly. "