“Why are you not appeased? That is how meat loves meat.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Camilla and Palamedes were loved by Nona, said Paul. Pyrrha was loved by Nona. It’s finished, it’s done. You can’t take loved away.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Dust of my dust—such similar star salt—what they did to you and what they wrung from you and what shape they made you fill—we see you still—we seek you still—we murdered—we who murder—you inadvertent tool—you misused green thing—come back to us—take vengeance for us—we saw you— I see you.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“My whole life, yes. Yes, forever, yes. Life is too short and love is too long.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Kiriona turned her body to look at them. Nona couldn’t quite believe that they couldn’t all see it; but they weren’t watching, goggle-eyed, they hadn’t even seemed to notice. It was in Kiriona’s every movement—the bright, swift flexions of her arms, and the way she swung her legs, big and brash, and the weirdly easy, light grace with which she moved her dead body.
Nona had never seen anyone so sad in her whole short life. It made her nearly afraid to die.”
― Nona the Ninth
Nona had never seen anyone so sad in her whole short life. It made her nearly afraid to die.”
― Nona the Ninth
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