"Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed,……" — Catherynne M. Valente

Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay… - Catherynne M. Valente

"Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great deal of fighting," I mused. "Oh, yes, when applied correctly mighty and noble battles result! Of course I always win—the value of Prince X is a constant. It cannot be lesser than that of Monster Y—this is the Moral Superiority Hypothesis made famous five hundred years ago by my ancestor Ethelred, the Mathematician-King. We have never seen his equal, in all these centuries."

— Catherynne M. Valente

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