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“I did not know then, however, as I do now, the strongest reason for distrust. The gods never send us this invitation to delight so readily or so strongly as when they are preparing some new agony. We are their bubbles; they blow us up big before they prick us.”

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“But I was wrong to weep and beg and try to force you by your love. Love is not a thing to be so used.”

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“To be a queen-that would not sweeten the bitter water against which I had been building the dam in my soul. It might strengthen the dam, though.”

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“I am the Queen; I'll kill Orual too.”

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“Thank you, child,' said I. 'I hope it is mine indeed. But Psyche, we must be serious; yes, and busy too. How have you lived? How did you escape? And oh — we mustn't let the joy of the moment put it out of our minds — what are we to do now?' 'Do? Why, be merry, what else? Why should our hearts not dance?”

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Book:Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

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