Napoleon: What Is There In This World That Makes Living Worthwhile?

Napoleon: What is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?

Joséphine:

Joséphine: Cats. Cats are nice.

Sergei: You keep hugging Alix when she's sad. Next thing you know, she's going to fall in love with you. Is that what you want?

Nicholas: Pfft, is that what I want?

Elisabeth, loudly from across the room: YES.

Thinking about how Mrs Everdeen got Maysilee's pet bird after she died and in-narrative it's presented as a nice thing but it was probably because Maysilee's family couldn't bear to have it in the house, especially since she died because she was attacked by birds

i have my mother's eyes

and her hair

and her sense of humour

but hair changes

and so do eyes and a sense of humour

all i have to connect her to me

is things that will change

like everything does

and i suppose that is natural

but it is also tragic

because she will not change

the dead cannot

but i will

i will not always be the eleven year old i was

GISELE PIERRAT

can't even imagine how franz would deal with all the people being rude about sophie. i really want someone to call out franz joseph for saying the assassination was a relief like your own wife was assassinated have some sympathy but also that would emotionally wreck franz i'm sure of it so i'm conflicted. and all the newspaper articles like the winnipeg tribune blatantly insulting her? ugh i can't even imagine

Nicholas: Have you seen my mother recently?

Alexandra: I'm relatively happy. Is that an answer?

Nicholas: Okay, point taken. I wonder what she's doing. Maybe knitting, reading, playing with her dogs...

Alexandra: Planning a coup d'etat...

Nicholas: I know she doesn't like you much, but that's not what she's doing!

Maria: *secretly planning a coup d'etat*