but men who waded into waters claiming they could swim should not need a raft.
“If I tell you that the city toward which my journey tends is discontinuous in space and time, now scattered, now more condensed, you must not believe the search for it can stop.”
― Invisible Cities
― Invisible Cities
“But there were still more shadows. Always more.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
“Magic and magician must between them balance. Magic itself is chaos. The magician must be calm. A fractured self is a poor vessel for power, spilling power without focus or measure from every crack.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
“The night was moonless overhead, the sea and sky mirroring the starry darkness to every side; only the ripple of water beneath the rocking boat marked the difference between up and down.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
“I am Delilah Bard, she thought as the ropes cut into her skin. I am a thief and a pirate and a traveler. I have set foot in three different worlds, and lived. I have shed the blood of royals and held magic in my hands. And a ship full of men cannot do what I can. I don’t need any of you. I am one of a damned kind. Feeling suitably empowered, she set her back to the ship, and gazed out at the sprawling night ahead.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
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