"The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as ministers, army, and populace all combined in one. A stormy little kingdom, I thought, with periodic flare-ups of civil war and a magnificently unstable government. And I was glad I wasn’t a citizen of it."

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Source : Sarah Monette (2008). “The Mirador”, p.80, Penguin

Sarah Monette

#Kings Quotes #War Quotes #Army Quotes

“That was clearly a tackle aimed at getting revenge - or maybe it was just out-and-out retribution.”
“You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.”
“You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.”
“He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
“This bloke was so pissed, he thought his vomit had come to life!”
“Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into womens books except for those few that men could always point at when the disparity was pointed out.”
“You can't work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn't work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality!”
“I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed.”

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