𝒜𝒸𝓉 𝒯𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒

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"I wish I could say I never wanted power or the crown

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"I wish I could say I never wanted power or the crown. But I was an ambitious young girl and I remain an ambitious, scheming woman. I married the man I loved and had children with him and now I won't allow his legacy to be tarnished."

When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel

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When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel. However, if they go on their knees before you, you must help them back on their feet. Else, no man will bow the knee to you.

"I burned so long so quiet you must have wondered if I loved you back

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"I burned so long so quiet you must have wondered if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do."
- Annelyse Gelman

We honor the dead by fighting for the living.

War is not a sport, to be decided in a quick bout on a strip of contested land

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War is not a sport, to be decided in a quick bout on a strip of contested land. It is a web which stretches out to the furthest parts of the world, drawing everyone into itself.
- Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

Lover, hunter, friend and enemy
You will always be every one of these
- Fleurie, Love and War

"Don't ask me to say that I don't love you."

If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?— Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes)

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If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?
— Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes)

She had always known her mother could be ruthless, but this was something different, a strange combination of sentiment and brutality.
- Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"I am no longer the person I was."
"We are always the same," he murmured. "We just pretend to change."

"With his dying breaths, my father asked my mother to love again," Lily confessed

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"With his dying breaths, my father asked my mother to love again," Lily confessed. "How can I begrudge her that? How can I be angry that she's finally being happy again? Especially when it was my father's wish."

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