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“With her wind-spun hair and eyes bright from the hunt, Sabran Berethnet looked almost carefree -- and for the first time in years, Ead felt her own cares lifted from her shoulders. Like seeds from a dandelion clock.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“So in this letter I am yours. Not Garden’s, not your mission’s, but yours, alone. I am yours in other ways as well: yours as I watch the world for your signs, apophenic as a haruspex; yours as I debate methods, motives, chances of delivery; yours as I review your words by their sequence, their sound, smell, taste, taking care no one memory of them becomes too worn. Yours. Still, I suspect you will appreciate the token.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This is How You Lose the Time War

“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe