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"Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was...She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself."
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"Sacrifice and "self both begin with the same letter, but the spelling is way different after that."

"A parent holds within their hands the gift of a child to which they must expend the gift of themselves. And in such a monumental outpouring, the parent will lose both the child and the gifts given, but they will possess the far greater gift of knowing that they gave both."

"I'm not fighting for myself anymore.... It makes a difference."

"Be willing to sacrifice everything. Detach from everything to be willing to become more than you THINK that you are. To live differently."

"So that left me. To save my hatchlings and my underground, even if I couldn't be there anymore."
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