“That is — your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.”
― The Song of Achilles
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.”
― The Song of Achilles
“Kell swept Lila up into his arms, amazed at her lightness. She took up so much space in the world—in his world—it was hard to imagine her being so slight. In his mind, she was made of stone.”
― A Conjuring of Light
― A Conjuring of Light
“Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take the risk.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“The point of revenge wasn’t to heal. The point was that the exhilaration, however temporary, drowned out the hurt.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
“She saw it in a flash of utter clarity. She knew what she had to do. The only path, the only way forward. And what a familiar path it was. It was so obvious now. The world was a dream of the gods, and the gods dreamed in sequences, in symmetry, in patterns. History repeated itself, and she was only the latest iteration of the same scene in a tapestry that had been spun long before her birth.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
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