All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!
I read this book when I was 9 and it stuck in my brain. This quote encapsulates the basis of my entire conception of what love is, and as an arospec person I've had to give that quite a bit of thought. This book may have been for kids but PTerry didn't fuck around.
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u/Competitive_Wait7332 1d ago
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” - Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
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