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“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“Those who cannot conceive Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend. The rest of us know that though we can have erotic love and friendship for the same person yet in some ways nothing is less like a Friendship than a love-affair. Lovers are always talking to one another about their love; Friends hardly ever about their Friendship. Lovers are normally face to face, absorbed in each other; Friends, side by side, absorbed in some common interest. Above all, Eros (while it lasts) is necessarily between two only. But two, far from being the necessary number for Friendship, is not even the best. And the reason for this is important.
... In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, 'Here comes one who will augment our loves.' For in this love 'to divide is not to take away.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Pressed so close to the glass, she could hear the snow falling, a hundred thousand whispered secrets under the moan of the wind.”
― Lucy Blue, Winter Knight

“My body’s fucked up like a bipartisan bill in Congress, sir. I”
― Chris A. Jackson, Dragon Nemesis

“For all that, the higher Kiva ascended the steps of power, the more she realized that her policy of selfishness had, shall we say, certain limits. Perhaps”
― John Scalzi, The Last Emperox

“Traitorous, murdering garbage, from your fucking glitterdumpster of a mother on down.”
― John Scalzi, The Last Emperox

“Words never weigh so much as when they’re spoken for somebody else.”
― Steve Cavanagh, Thirteen

“Unexpectedly, this did not kill her; and what did not kill her made her curious.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“He was a mystery too boring to solve.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Once you turn your back on something, you have no more right to act as though you own it.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“If anything it seemed to be gaining momentum, like a very boring avalanche.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Stay here,' I said.
'Get fucked,' she said thickly. 'I absolutely did not become the eighth saint to serve the King Undying so Gideon Nav could play hero for me.'
'Why did you ascend to be a Lyctor?'
'Ultimate power - and posters of my face.'
Fair.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“I remember being eighteen.”
“You are twenty-two.”
“It’s a universe away from eighteen.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Love is a revenant, and it accumulates love-stuff to itself, because it is homeless otherwise.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“The Ninth didn’t think anyone was in anything together, or if they were, they all had to disperse as soon as humanly possible to avoid splash damage.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Someday I’ll marry that girl,” she said aloud. “It might be good for her.” And: “Probably not, though.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“The Master Warden found the idea of dying inconvenient.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Hell spat you back out. Fair enough.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“I’ve got a perfectly baseless assumption, and every scholar knows that this is where you begin.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Harrow was furious that she was doing something so–so pedestrian as to pubesce.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Why did you ascend to be a Lyctor?"
"Ultimate power – and posters of my face."
Fair.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“Paladees … enjoys extenuating circumstances." At this second round of bewilderment, she qualified. "The Master Warden found the idea of dying inconvenient."

Abigail brightened. "Say no more." (page 385)”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“In a way, it helped. Nothing added to your resolution to live so much as someone else suggesting that you die.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“…shame is a privilege.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“But our retaliation should not be swift. Let them understand the inevitability of the Nine Houses."
"As inexorable as death," said the admiral.
"And as kind," said the Emperor.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

“What are you doing?” “Sorry, I’m talking to my other personality.” “Ah. Carry on.” Given”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

“Cloak, does God hate me?" I said. "It depends which god you mean. I've met several." "The Jewish One." "Yes.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

“Perhaps she will be understanding about the fact you’re going to put her in constant danger as well as make the world an objectively worse place by your presence.” “Let’s hope!”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

“Hey, killing people doesn't count if they're bad! Hollywood taught us that.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy