“After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“I think,” Hoa says slowly, “that if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
― The Stone Sky
― The Stone Sky
“But that was the trouble with children, Sir Stephen reflected. They were confoundedly liable to pattern themselves upon one’s conduct, when one would rather they simply did what they were told.”
― Sorcerer to the Crown
― Sorcerer to the Crown
“But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
― The Stone Sky
― The Stone Sky
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