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And then the queen wept with all her heart. Not for the cruel and greedy man who had warred and killed and savaged everywhere he could. But for the bo...more

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They’re so brave," she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.

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It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they ...more

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I will never hurt you.I will always help you.If you are hungryIll give you my food.If you are frightenedI am your friend.I love you now.And love does ...more

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Never take another human being to the third life, because we don't know how to go.

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I knew her so well that I loved her, or maybe I loved her so well that I knew her. I didn't want to fight her anymore. I wanted to quit. I wanted to g...more

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He loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

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someone's senta loving notein lines of returning geeseand as the moon fillsmy western chamberas petals danceover the flowing streamagain I think of yo...more

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It was not right, thought Han Fei-tzu, for his wife to die before him: her ancestor-of-the-heart had outlived her husband. Besides, wives should live ...more

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Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable.

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So she retreated into herself, rebuilt the damaged pathways of her mind, explored long-unvisited memories, wandered among the trillions of human lives...more

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Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the ho...more

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I once heard a tale of a man who split himself in two.The one part never changed at all; the other grew and grew.The changeless part was always true, ...more

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He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at ...more