“Marrying her to prove I do not subscribe to an outdated convention of class would be just as foolish as refusing to marry her because I did.”

—  Jo Walton , book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 9, section 33 (p. 142)

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