Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to... - Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless
"Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye."
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"War is not for winning, Masha,"sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving."
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"Men die. It's practically what they're for."
"Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye."
"I will not let her speak because I love her, and when you love someone, you do not make them tell war stories. A war story is a black space. On the one side is before and on the other side is after, and what is inside belongs only to the dead."