Because sometimes, you didn’t realize you were holding a dream in your hand, not until you woke up and you were surrounded by nightmares.
“Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue.”
― The Unhoneymooners
― The Unhoneymooners
“The stars looked like they were close together, when they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“I’ve never met a man who can say so much without saying anything at all,” I fumed as Nikolai walked me back to the Little Palace after a particularly wretched session. “There’s got to be something you can do.”
“Like what?”
“Get one of his prize ponies to kick him in the head.”
― Siege and Storm
“Like what?”
“Get one of his prize ponies to kick him in the head.”
― Siege and Storm
“I'd like to think of myself as delightfully complex.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“On the fourth day, we came upon a cavern with a perfectly still pool that gave the illusion of a night sky, its depths sparkling with tiny luminescent fish.
Mal and I were slightly ahead of the others. He dipped his hand in, then yelped and drew back. "They bite."
"Serves you right," I said. "Oh, look, a dark lake full of something shiny. Let me put my hand in it."
"I can't help being delicious," he said, that familiar cocky grin flashing across his face like light over water.”
― Ruin and Rising
Mal and I were slightly ahead of the others. He dipped his hand in, then yelped and drew back. "They bite."
"Serves you right," I said. "Oh, look, a dark lake full of something shiny. Let me put my hand in it."
"I can't help being delicious," he said, that familiar cocky grin flashing across his face like light over water.”
― Ruin and Rising
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