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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO! My favorite novel of all time! Ahh, Dumas... But at the moment, I'm reading alternately a collection of Wilde's plays ("The Importance of Being Earnest," ...

Sweet! Nice forum, Jack. And ready? Ha. I defy your preparedness. I bite my thumb at it, in fact. But then I run away and cower. My head hurts already... ...

[Just thought I'd share this gem; I'd forgotten all about it until I dug it up in one of my children's poetry books. Just thought I'd share the love. :D ...

Dibs on #3! ...If I ever get around to writing anything extracurricular again... *death glare for professors*

Oh gods... if you want to learn new words -- lots of 'em -- read anything by Faulkner. ANYTHING. Of course, you'll probably feel like taking fast-acting poison shortly thereafter, ...

Other than Rustam? Khemites. All of them. I've never met a man, woman, or child from Khem that I didn't instinctually hate. - Mara The revolutionaries from Stagira. Ironic, isn't ...

Oh no... I read this in the seventh grade... three times. In one year. Yeah. My English teacher was not only an airhead, she was also a stubborn, sadistic airhead ...

I don't really love anyone, aside from my lord Cyrus. - Mara Not even me, your darling, affectionate husband? - Rustam I don't really love anyone aside from my lord ...

I translated the beginning of Joni Mitchell's "Down To You" - the first thing that came to mind - from English to Spanish and back. "Everything comes and goes Marked ...

Don't look at me. I leave the philosophising to my lord. - Mara "Right" is something the heart and the head can both agree on, without disappointing either. - Cyrus ...

Of course I went to school; I attended the Academy for eight years! The first five were spent mastering the basic courses that all guardians are required to take; for ...

I've kept my hair this length ever since I entered the Academy for my guardian training. It's nice to not have to braid it out of the way during physical ...

An opportunity to prove myself to my lord Cyrus and do my best in service of the state. - Mara An opportunity to prove to Mara just what a nitwit ...

*conspiratorially* I think Mara may have been a little disappointed that I chose Rustam for her husband. I couldn't tell you why... for all that he's a Stagirite through and ...

Does having to flee the country after leading a failed rebellion apply? - Rustam Apparently I did something really, really horrible at some point without being aware of it. Why ...