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“We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies.”

Work

This book follows the journey of a prince who must navigate the complexities of court life and prepare for his future reign. It examines the prince's struggle with his responsibilities, his relationships with other characters, and his own internal conflicts as he prepares to take on the throne. more

Author

John Christopher

John Christopher was a British writer known for his science fiction and adventure novels. His works often combined historical settings with elements of fantasy, making them popular among readers. more

“You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.”

“The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.”

Fall Causes Authority South Butterfly Springtime

Book:Another Roadside Attraction

Source: Another Roadside Attraction

“Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.”

Heart Facts Grows Love Is Tree Roots Stronger Ruins Unreasonable Love Is Like Inexplicable Tenacious

Author:Victor Hugo

“It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.”

Ifs Knows Looks Common Know How Lovely Common Things

Book:The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost…

Source: The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost…

“Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start... I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and collecting luggage and going away again, but the white raspberries are ripe. I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits. Love or what you will. S.”