“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)”
― The Odes of Horace
― The Odes of Horace
“You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“He looked at her then, and she could see he wasn't afraid.
"Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten," he said.”
― The Forbidden Game
"Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten," he said.”
― The Forbidden Game
“He was evil. Cruel, capricious, and dangerous as a cobra. A prince of darkness.
Completely evil, and completely in love with her.”
― The Forbidden Game
Completely evil, and completely in love with her.”
― The Forbidden Game
“For a moment, without thinking of anything else, Jenny was simply proud of him. Fiercely, passionately proud that a human, a seventeen-year-old who hadn't even heard of the Shadow Men until a month ago, could stand up to them like this. Could conceal his terror and smile that way and offer to die.”
― The Forbidden Game
― The Forbidden Game
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