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Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two. ↗
#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #tessa-gray #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale
He wanted to run to her, wrap her in his arms. Protect her. But it was Jem’s place to do those things, not his. Not his.” -Will Herondale ↗
#clockwork-princess #infernal-devices #jem-carstairs #love-triangle #tessa-gray
Wo ai ni, Tessa,” he whispered. “Wo bu xiang shi qu ni.” She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. I love you. And I don’t want to lose you. ↗
#clockwork-prince #infernal-devices #jem-carstairs #love #tessa-gray
This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework that would guarantee that the men who fought felt that they themselves in a formal and contractual sense had ratified the conditions of their own battle service. The ancient Western world would soon come to define itself by culture rather than by race, skin color, or language. That idea alone would eventually bring enormous advantages to its armies on the battlefield. (p. 122) ↗
#civilization #consent #contract-for-service #government #politics
Most people today couldn't tell a bombardier from a brigadier" - said during a lecture in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund in 2009 ↗
