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[midnight_birth]

♥ The bitter thing was that all the spirit, all the gallantry was wasted. For, even more than their inferiors, they accepted and looked forward to being Capped. It was an act of becoming a knight, or of turning from girl to lady. Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have without a free and challenging mind to direct it?

♥ If one is seeking reason for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.

~~The White Mountains by John Christopher.