If you wanted to get anywhere in this world—and she'd decided, right at the start, that she wanted to get as… — Terry Pratchett
If you wanted to get anywhere in this world—and she'd decided, right at the start, that she wanted to get as far as it was possible to go—you wore names lightly, and you took power anywhere you found it. She had buried three husbands, and at least two of them had already been dead. (p. 14)
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