“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you’ll meet a boy who will learn your favourite flower, your favourite song, your favourite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
“What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength.”
“I’ll admit I don’t know why my predecessors built a palace fit for the summer court in the middle of a mountain range that’s mildly warm at best, but who am I to question?”
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“Why are you telling me this?”
“Because I’m tired and lonely, and you’re the only person I can talk to without putting myself at risk.”
