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The Stranger
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"But," I reminded myself, "it's common knowledge that life isn't worth living, anyhow."
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Chronicler snapped. "You're just spouting nonsense now."
"I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.”
― The Name of the Wind
"I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.”
― The Name of the Wind
“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
― New Spring
― New Spring
“The young woman went to rummage in a sideboard and came back to the table with a stout cook’s knife. But instead of using it to cut the fruit, she showed the point to each of the men in a meaningful way, then tucked the blade into her kirtle. They”
― Rogues
― Rogues
“Bast's eyes were now the pale blue-white of lightning, his voice tight and fierce. "And I swear by the night and sky and the ever-moving moon: if you lead my master to despair, I will slit you open and splash around like a child in a puddle. I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance.”
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