“They teach you many things in the castras. How to think with precision. How to read signs and people. How to hunt, how to kill, how to ask only those questions you need to ask. “What they don’t teach you is how to hold on to your honor.
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“Saints preserve us, haven’t we had enough of your kind in these parts already?”
― Visions of Fate
― Visions of Fate
“No, love could withstand anything. Their love could.”
― By Dark Deeds
― By Dark Deeds
“They teach you many things in the castras. How to think with precision. How to read signs and people. How to hunt, how to kill, how to ask only those questions you need to ask. “What they don’t teach you is how to hold on to your honor. What they don’t teach you is how swiftly that honor gets chipped away. Until it is nothing but a broken, bloody thing in the center of your soul. And when the deeds are done, and when the war is over, you tell yourself, ‘Now it will heal. Now my honor will be restored.’ But it never heals. It is never restored. You can put up barriers around what’s left, you can guard what remains. You can never have it back.”
― Tears of Dust
― Tears of Dust
“Maybe they were afraid. Maybe they didn’t think there was anything they could do.” “Maybe they never tried.” “Because they were afraid.” “Is that how you humans allow so many atrocities between you? By convincing yourselves that fear absolves you of responsibility?”
― The Faceless Mage
― The Faceless Mage
“Do you know how to hate?” he asked, his voice sharp, ricocheting through the chamber. “If you don’t know how to hate, how could you possibly know how to love?” “I don’t have to know how to die to know how to live,’ she said simply, and he found he had no response.”
― The Queen and the Cure
― The Queen and the Cure
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