"Chiron had said once that nations were the……" — Madeline Miller
"Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from."
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- The door snicked shut.
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- I lay back and tried not to think of the minutes passing. Just yesterday we had a wealth of them.…
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