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“My father always said fires were only dangerous if they got bored,” Raithe pressed on. “Left alone, they get frustrated and resort to evil. Best way to keep a fire happy is by letting it lick food and hear stories.”
“She was like, Oh, my God, you’re drinking, aren’t you. You’re on amphetamines. You are on coke. You are on amphetamines and coke. I was all, Yeah…Coke Zero. She didn’t laugh. I laughed.
He said, I guess I’ve always thought any pun was automatically funny.”
― Nona the Ninth
He said, I guess I’ve always thought any pun was automatically funny.”
― Nona the Ninth
“He didn’t even ask me to explain. That was the kind of guy he was. He and I had grown up on the same street. I’d spotted him for mince pies all the time as kids, so stands to reason he let me cut off his arm and carried a nuke for me.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“They're monsters! I know! I was at Golyn Nis! I lay amid the corpses for days! But you-" Kitay swallowed, choking on his words. "You turned around and did the exact same thing. Civilians. Innocents. Children, Rin. You just buried an entire country and you don't feel a thing.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“Having whole hours to contemplate her degree of fuckedness was a luxury.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
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