They rolled their eyes. "Well, the world isn't all daisies and dewdrops, girl. You've got to make sacrifices sometimes."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Why?” She furrowed her brow. “It’s not like my father is in the poor house and desperate for a dowry. I don’t see why I should be forced to waste me adolescence in a marriage I don’t want.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"It's about alliances, I expect. The parents of your suitors probably have something he wants."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“For the low, low cost of your daughter’s happiness and future. What a bargain.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"There's no real happiness here," Shea said gravely, inhaling smoke. "No real future, either. We all live in between."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“I thought you said the point of life was for pleasure?” She glanced over at them.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Pleasure isn't happiness." They pointed their pipe at her. "It's a shadow, but it's the closest people like us can come to real happiness. You remember that; it'll make it easier to live."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I'm serious." They blew out more smoke. "Expect nothing but disappointment if you're looking for happiness. So long as you're here there's no chance of it."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Then may as well just go to the war and get it over with,” she said sourly. “There’s no point in living if there’s no hope for future happiness.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"But there's pleasure. Enjoyment of life. That may not be happiness, but it's something, isn't it?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Why would I want to be miserable my entire life if the only reward is occasional carnal pleasure? Why not work to try to improve things? Why be resigned to such a godawful life? We’re aristocrats — surely there’s something we could do to improve the situation?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I never said carnal," they pointed out. "And it's not awful. I quite like it, sometimes. And why would we improve it when this is as good as it gets?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“I don’t believe it’s as good as it gets if there’s no happiness.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"If you want to be happy, quit being rich and give the life of a peasant. We're all numb up here, I think."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
To have more, you have to become more. Don't wish it was easier - wish you were better. For things to change, you have to change, and for things to get better, you have to get better. — Jim Rohn
