“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Every story must have such a terrible moment, or it wouldn't be interesting.”
― The Perilous Sea
― The Perilous Sea
“But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations of your own life, and see that they are really nothing. In that moment when time stops, it is as though you know you could undertake any venture, complete it and come back to yourself, to find the world unchanged, and everything just as you left it a moment before. And it's as though knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“We have nothing now between us, save—respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“There existed something in this world that bound a mage tighter than a blood oath: love. Love was the ultimate chain, the ultimate whip, and the ultimate slave driver.”
― The Burning Sky
― The Burning Sky
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