“Jesper couldn’t quite believe he was having a conversation with the Sturmhond. The privateer was a legend. He’d broken countless blockades on behalf of the Ravkans and there were rumors that… “Do you really have a flying ship? blurted Jesper.
“No.”
“Oh.”
“I have several.”
“Take me with you.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“No.”
“Oh.”
“I have several.”
“Take me with you.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“He thumbed quickly through the ledger and said, “When people see a cripple walking down the street, leaning on his cane, what do they feel?” Wylan looked away. People always did when Kaz talked about his limp, as if he didn’t know what he was or how the world saw him. “They feel pity. Now, what do they think when they see me coming?”
Wylan’s mouth quirked up at the corner. “They think they’d better cross the street.”
Kaz tossed the ledger back in the safe. “You’re not weak because you can’t read. You’re weak because you’re afraid of people seeing your weakness. You’re letting shame decide who you are.”
― Crooked Kingdom
Wylan’s mouth quirked up at the corner. “They think they’d better cross the street.”
Kaz tossed the ledger back in the safe. “You’re not weak because you can’t read. You’re weak because you’re afraid of people seeing your weakness. You’re letting shame decide who you are.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“But if you couldn’t open a door, you just had to make a new one.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“I look at you, and I just love you, and it terrifies me.”
― Never Fade
― Never Fade
“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
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