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1 " For five thousand years, I lingered in dreams of lunacy. All I have are shattered, fragmented memories of those centuries. But I remember you, as clear as the daylight sun. And I will earn your love, my starlight, just as I had once before. For you are my shining gem in the darkness. "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , King of None (The Masks of Under, #5)
2 " Whatever you wish, you shall have it. Whatever you desire, it shall be yours. I shall take or spare the lives of anyone you want. I will remake this world into a jungle oasis, if it would make you smile but once. I will wear that oafish and childish mask, wear a suit of wool and sculpt for you a home of ostentatious pride and glowing blinking lights if that is for what you yearn.” She called his bluff. “Then do it.” “I have made my fee known. Only if you agree to become my queen. Stand at my side. If you think I am such a vicious mongrel, then temper me. Show me how to better wield my power, if you think my ego is so insufferable. "
3 " Debate my deal. Take your time. I am patient. I am…so very old, my love. I have waited for you for longer than you can perhaps even fathom. "
4 " If the only soul I have ever loved in all my eons judges me unworthy to live, I accept my fate. Put me in my grave, Lydia. "
5 " My love, don’t you see? I sacrificed all I held dear to protect you. I destroyed this world so I could ensure you would never be harmed again. Even through the madness that consumed me, I knew what I had to do to save you, once and for all. Why would I ever go back? "
