“If you look like hell,” he whispers with a sly grin, “then I’m fortunate to be going there.”
“Only fools and liars burn books and people’s homes.”
― Shield of Sparrows
― Shield of Sparrows
“Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“It’s ridiculous the way everyone acts like killing a king is going to make someone better at being one,” Vivi says. “Imagine if, in the mortal world, a lawyer passed the bar by killing another lawyer.”
― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
“This is my room,” he points out, affronted. “And that’s my wife.”
“So you keep telling everyone,” the Bomb says. “But I am going to take out her stitches, and I don’t think you want to watch that.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” I say. “Maybe he’d like to hear me scream.”
“I would,” Cardan says, standing. “And perhaps one day I will.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“So you keep telling everyone,” the Bomb says. “But I am going to take out her stitches, and I don’t think you want to watch that.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” I say. “Maybe he’d like to hear me scream.”
“I would,” Cardan says, standing. “And perhaps one day I will.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“Forgive me, Highness, for not giving a fuck.”
― Shield of Sparrows
― Shield of Sparrows
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