If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
– Cicero
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He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
– John Milton
Grian lay on his arm as she had done so many times before, resting her head half on his shoulder, half on the pillow beneath her, smiling up at him. He never quite figured out where she had placed the arm beneath her. The other hand was gently stroking his chest, which she had done many times as well.
Another gathering night, this time with the prince attending. More of a sociable guy than one would think of a Brujah. But it’s hard to mingle with the ordinary folk for someone like him. People are too afraid of loosing their heads by just talking to a high ranking person like him. Just because he’s like to throw a tantrum or two.
If there ever has been one thing entirely dependable and predictable, then that is the Ventrue sense for business. Not saying it’s a bad thing. Helps a lowly rat from the sewers – one of the non-Nosferatu-kind – stay afloat. After all you’ll have to strike a deal with some folk before you can safely settle in anywhere. Otherwise there’s too much fun to be had in taking you down.
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