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Just scratching the surface. It's just the beginning. I'm still young. I've got a lot of time to grow.

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But then again... perhaps the whole human race is cursed, and I'm simply in the lower echelon and therefore lose everything first.

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Not my daughter, you bitch!

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I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects.

Do you know the runes on your sword are nonsense?

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There is justice in the world, Peter Lake, but it cannot be had without mystery.

My Crown is in my heart, not on my head:Not deck'd with Diamonds, and Indian stones:Nor to be seen: my Crown is call'd Content,A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.

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Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

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Every girl comes into the world with varying degrees of ambition," she said, "even if it's only the hope of not belonging body and soul to her husband.