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“Do you remember what the game was like when it first began?”
“I try not to.”
“You should, it was fun.”
“It was barely a traveling carnival,” Legend mumbled.
Julian smiled, as if hope had just won. “It was. But it still inspired people to dream and believe in magic. It made me believe in magic.”
Legend eyed his brother as if he’d lost his mind. “You know magic is real.”
“Just because something is real doesn’t mean you believe in it. The Fates are real, but I don’t put my faith in them. I used to put my faith in you, and I want to do it again. I know you can do better than this.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

“I have, Lady Ran,” Sam said. “It’s a floating collection of rubbish the size of Texas. It sounds terrible.” “It is amazing,” said the goddess.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer

“Through sheer force of will, he neither steps back nor flinches. It bothers him, though, how hard it is to steel himself to her touch. He's never been like that before. He's never found it hard to sink into this role of besotted fool.
Maybe it's harder now that he actually is a besotted fool.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“Mika glared at them. “You’ve decided now is the time to protect me? Really? Why?”
“Beause you’ve been protecting us since you got here,” said Terracotta.
“Because we want you to be safe” said Altamira.
“Becauase we love you,” said Rosetta.
Jamie shrugged at her as if to say, Yes, that.”
― Sangu Mandanna