Serafina
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It’s clothing as contrition, a performance of beauty I have put on to pay penance to the people gathered to acknowledge me. They are here to see me, and I must apologize for requesting their attention, must make up for the weight of my
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“Alexander was given a reward, and he went on to become a great hunter of atheists and pagans. And after his death many years later, he was made a saint.”
― La Belle Sauvage
― La Belle Sauvage
“Never be too easy with the knowledge you possess. Words are like coin—it pays to hoard.” “Until you die on a bed of gold,”
― Gardens of the Moon
― Gardens of the Moon
“Mark this truth. I am the last to speak to you. You are the last to hear me. Thus are we linked, you and I, beyond all else.” Rigga’s fingers snagged tighter in the girl’s hair. “Across the sea the Empress has driven her knife into virgin soil. The blood now comes in a tide and it’ll sweep you under, child, if you’re not careful. They’ll put a sword in your hand, they’ll give you a fine horse, and they’ll send you across that sea. But a shadow will embrace your soul. Now, listen! Bury this deep! Rigga will preserve you because we are linked, you and I. But it is all I can do, understand? Look to the Lord spawned in Darkness; his is the hand that shall free you, though he’ll know it not—”
― Gardens of the Moon
― Gardens of the Moon
“The best life is the one the gods don’t notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.”
― Gardens of the Moon
― Gardens of the Moon
“and several versions of Jesus in various poses of pain and suffering, hands nailed to a cross that appeared to be made of stone. Wallace was dismayed at how no one seemed to mind that the prominent figure displayed throughout the church was depicted in the throes of death. He would never understand religion.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
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