“I have tried to dismantle you, Gideon Nav! The Ninth House poisoned you, we trod you underfoot—I took you to this killing field as my slave—you refuse to die, and you pity me! Strike me down. You’ve won. I’ve lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“I don't miss my name and I haven't bothered to replace it. I miss your name. I'm sorry but I have forgotten it, too. I don't look for it on the walls. The thought that I might read it and pass it by, just to go on to the next name is terrible. Like meeting you in another life and failing to recognize you.”
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
“O corse of the Locked Tomb, she prayed silently to herself, the cold death to anyone who looks at me in pity; the heat death to anyone who looks to me in amusement; the quick death to anyone who looks at me in fear.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“I understood Princess Coronabeth Tridentarius better than she knew---just not entirely. I think it is hell to entirely understand any other person.”
― As Yet Unsent
― As Yet Unsent
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