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“Oh. Good,” I said, nonplussed. I leaned back, gazing down at the book in my hands, trying desperately to think of something to say. “You know, Kipling was a horrible racist.” Oh, for God’s sake.
“The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“Everywhere there is beauty, my dear. And those who draw our eye, our ear, any bit of our attention to this beauty are the artists among us. Whether the beauty is a sculpture or a piece of jewelry. A sonata or a sitting room. A well-told story or a well-proportioned building, or even a well-oiled machine. Let us never minimize the gifts of those who bring us beauty in whatever form they are skilled to bring it.”
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
“This is my choice, and I choose you, Donatella. I don’t need immortality. You’re my forever.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Just because something is real doesn't mean you believe in it.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Your ridiculous family might be surprised to find that not everything is solved by murder,” Locke calls after me.
“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― The Wicked King
“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― The Wicked King
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