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“Look at my face and I am someone,' she whispered in his ear. 'Look at my back and I am no one. Who am I?'
'I don't know,' Oak admitted, a shiver running between his shoulders.
'Your mirror, HIghness,' she said, her breath tickling the hairs on his neck.
And then she slipped away.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
'I don't know,' Oak admitted, a shiver running between his shoulders.
'Your mirror, HIghness,' she said, her breath tickling the hairs on his neck.
And then she slipped away.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
“Dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won't wake up.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“I didn't enjoy being a snake, and yet I appear to be doomed to be reminded of it for all eternity,' Cardan was saying, black curls falling across his face. He held a three-pronged fork aloft, as though to emphasise his point. 'The excess of songs hasn't helped, nor has their longevity. It's been what? Eight years? Nine? Truly, the celebratory air about the whole business has been excessive. You'd think I never did a more popular thing than sit in the dark on a throne and bite people who annoyed me. I could have always done that. I could do that now.'
'Bite people?' echoed Jude from the other end of the table.
Cardan grinned at her. 'Yes, if that's what they like.' He snapped his teeth at the air as though to demonstrate.
'No one is interested in that,' Jude said, shaking her head.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
'Bite people?' echoed Jude from the other end of the table.
Cardan grinned at her. 'Yes, if that's what they like.' He snapped his teeth at the air as though to demonstrate.
'No one is interested in that,' Jude said, shaking her head.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
“Oh gods.'
'Which one are you calling out for?' he asks against my flesh. 'Because it's just you and me in this room, Vi, and I don't share.'
'You.' My fingers tangle in his hair. 'I'm calling out for you.'
'I appreciate the elevation to deity, but my name will do.”
― Fourth Wing
'Which one are you calling out for?' he asks against my flesh. 'Because it's just you and me in this room, Vi, and I don't share.'
'You.' My fingers tangle in his hair. 'I'm calling out for you.'
'I appreciate the elevation to deity, but my name will do.”
― Fourth Wing
“You didn't hear the story I told,' he goes on. 'A shame. It featured a handsome boy with a heart of stone and a natural aptitude for villainy. Everything you could like.'
She laughs. 'You really are terrible, you know that? I don't even understand why the things you say make me smile.'
He lets himself lean against her, lets himself hear the warmth in her voice. 'There is one thing I did like about playing the hero. The only good bit. And that was not having to be terrified for you.'
'The next time you want to make a point,' Jude says, 'I beg you not to make it so dramatically.
His shoulder hurts, and she may be right about the iron poisoning. He certainly feels as though his head is swimming. But he smiles up at the trees, the looping electrical lines, the streaks of clouds.
'So long as you're begging,' he says.”
―
She laughs. 'You really are terrible, you know that? I don't even understand why the things you say make me smile.'
He lets himself lean against her, lets himself hear the warmth in her voice. 'There is one thing I did like about playing the hero. The only good bit. And that was not having to be terrified for you.'
'The next time you want to make a point,' Jude says, 'I beg you not to make it so dramatically.
His shoulder hurts, and she may be right about the iron poisoning. He certainly feels as though his head is swimming. But he smiles up at the trees, the looping electrical lines, the streaks of clouds.
'So long as you're begging,' he says.”
―
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