Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run Lord Ferris's household, and throw parties and all. Now.. Explain to me again just who hates who, and why?
Ellen Kushner
Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.
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He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless.
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In real life, my sweet poet, the duke said as the swordsmen circled, words can never be undone.
life
You founded the place. Why don't you want to go? I don't like children, the duke replied. Then why put out all that money to preserve them? Because it is wrong to let them die.
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He felt the almost sexual thrill of being the one in the room with all the power.
power
Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?
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I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has been achieved through entirely civil and lawful means, you've had your head in a bucket.
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Our theories stand. We both see clearly; we know what's right. Even if it's not always possible to act on it, don't you think it matters to be able to call things by their true names?
rights
In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion of privilege.
wealth
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