Ellen Kushner Quote

You founded the place. Why don't you want to go?
I don't like children, the duke replied.
Then why put out all that money to preserve them?
Because it is wrong to let them die.

Part I, Chapter VIII, (p. 79) - The Privilege of the Sword (2006)

You founded the place. Why don't you want to go? I don't like children, the duke replied. Then why put out all that money to preserve them? Because...

You founded the place. Why don't you want to go? I don't like children, the duke replied. Then why put out all that money to preserve them? Because...

You founded the place. Why don't you want to go? I don't like children, the duke replied. Then why put out all that money to preserve them? Because...

You founded the place. Why don't you want to go? I don't like children, the duke replied. Then why put out all that money to preserve them? Because...