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“Istvhan had never yet blamed a woman because he was attracted to her, and he certainly wasn’t about to start now.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength

“Stephen told him that she had moved a second chair into the workshop so that he could knit in the same room with her, which, judging by Stephen’s reaction, was a declaration of affection unmatched in modern times.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength

“There was a difference between want and need. You could not comprehend that difference easily, in the inked phrases of a definition; only when you were in the middle of need yourself, sinking to your knees in its alluvium, searching the horizon for a figure, any figure, to haul you out of the cloying sediment, did you understand what it meant to be without choice. Nobody merely wanted to be pulled free by a firm hand. Nobody merely wanted to be seen.”
― E.J. Beaton, The Councillor

“And you think they’ve come to Morstone?” asked Raulann. Istvhan spread his hands. “I think they’re in the area. It’s worth alerting the city watch if you can.” “There isn’t one,” said the Bishop. Clara had rarely seen Istvhan taken aback. “There isn’t?” “Ironically, one of the few good things the Sealords did in recent memory. They were a corrupt pack of bullies, extorting money from impoverished neighborhoods.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength