“Who says you have a duty to a nation? Who says you cannot reject an unjust duty? Who says you can decide which evil is small enough to tolerate, and which is too great to allow? Who says you should allow anyone to hold such power over you, the power to use your work for purposes you do not understand?”
― The Monster Baru Cormorant
― The Monster Baru Cormorant
“I guess that’s my answer. A sister is someone you fight with and fight for. Tooth and nail.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“If you had known he’d cared, so would others. When you are a man, maybe you’ll understand just how much that cost him. To not know you in order to keep you safe. To make his enemies ignore you.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
“The Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,”
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And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,”
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“But she was smarter than me, or luckier. She's the one who finally kept that sun from rising.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
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