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21 " Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty… and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights. "
― Jacqueline Carey , Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3)
22 " What is fear, but courage’s shadow? "
23 " 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. "
24 " Beauty inspires love; so it is said, in Terre d’Ange. Was it done that we might find this world worthy of loving? "
25 " 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. "
26 " 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 "
27 " Joscelin? "
28 " I had Joscelin, my Perfect Companion, the compass by which I fixed my heart. No one could ask more. "