“If longing is madness, then none of us are sane.”
― Crier's War
― Crier's War
“You keep comparing yourself to a book. That is not how I see you. If I want to learn about you, it’s not for...pleasure, or leisure, or the desired mastery of a subject. I am not trying to learn you like a language. I am trying, Ayla, to learn you like a person. Like people do, with the knowledge that I will never know everything. That it is impossible to know everything. Because you deserve to be known, in whatever capacity you wish. I am trying to become a person who deserves to know you.”
― Iron Heart
― Iron Heart
“Tell me something true, or tell me nothing at all.”
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
“I told you once I’m not a book to be read,” Ayla continued. “I take it back. I’m a book. Read me.”
― Iron Heart
― Iron Heart
“If the universe were static, I could stand anywhere in this world and I swear my line of sight would end on you. I swear I'd find you in the dark.”
― Iron Heart
― Iron Heart
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