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There is no shame in loving.

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The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.

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I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. T...more

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She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.

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It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask y...more

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He is a sweet boy, quick to laugh, easy to love.

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We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.

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Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.

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I know I want you," he heard himself say, all his vows and his honor all forgotten. She stood before him naked as her name day, and he was as hard as ...more

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You ought to be blowing me kisses, wench.

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I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

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Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.

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They laughed at him, but they didn't know, they didn't know about all the nice things he had. No one knew. No one. Only someday he'd see somebody diff...more

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It’s you and me that matters to me and you.

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Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you.