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I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.Naomi Novik
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Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!Naomi Novik
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Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.Naomi Novik
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And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand, at least this much of it.Naomi Novik
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Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibilityNaomi Novik
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And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?Naomi Novik
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I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyone could stop all three of us, at least not before we can escapeNaomi Novik