Meredith Ann Pierce quotes:
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Aeriel felt her heart grow troubled. "I know," she said. "I know that he is evil, but his beauty unmakes me. Every time he looks at me, I die.
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Two years were all we had, love," she whispered, "and we squandered them.
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A psycho, they called me. They were right. They were wrong. They couldn't come close to my fire. They couldn't touch my heart.
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He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled a trace at Aeriel and patted the little camp dog, which was whining for more tidbits. "One must rule oneself.
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I shall never love any as I love thee, Moonbrow!" she cried. He nuzzled her, very gently. "Nor I you, Ryhenna," he said. "Tek is my mate. I love her. You are my shoulder-friend, and I love you. I love you both, but differently. And when in a year or two years' time, you dance court within this glade, it will be with one whom you love in a way entirely other than the way that you love me. I am your companion, your friend, Ryhenna, just as you are always and ever mine. Stand fast with me," he said, "and no foe shall ever part us.
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I thought you had forgotten me." "I have spent my life remembering you.