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― Godspeed, Charles. ― Fuck you, Jack.

↪ Because what's it all for if it goes unremembered? It's the art that leaves the mark. But to leave it, it must transcend. It must speak for itself. It must be true.

↪ Jack’s Coat in XXXV

↪ “I never approved of Eleanor Guthrie's harsh mothering of this place. I believe my record on that issue is in good order. That said, if you're going to behave like children, then I will be your daddy.”  ― XXI

Day Seven: Free Choice

“Once the demand for repayment has been made and his default recorded and the warrant sworn, there will be a trial. And at that trial, the court will solicit affidavits from his creditors. Affidavits that will shape the official narrative of the default. The failure. The humiliation. For a man like Woodes Rogers, how difficult that will be to sit helpless while history records such an unflattering end to what was once such a promising story. I suppose what I'm asking is once the time comes to submit that affidavit, I'd so love to help you write it.”  ― XXXVIII

“You people, incapable of accepting the world as it is,” says the man to whom the world handed everything. If no Anne, if no rescue, if this is defeat for me, then know this. You and I were neck and neck in this race right till the end. But, Jesus, did I make up a lot of ground to catch you.