What you can't pay back you pay forward. - Jo Walton

“I don’t need to be a radical to think that who a dragon is counts more than birth or wealth,” Selendra said, with what dignity she could.
“Why, that’s the very definition of a radical,” he retorted.

There is one law for rich and poor alike, which prevents them equally from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges.

Marrying her to prove I do not subscribe to an outdated convention of class would be just as foolish as refusing to marry her because I did.