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“Attend to your own fate, Mare Barrow.” “And that is?” “To rise. And rise alone.”
― Glass Sword
― Glass Sword
“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because they aren't binding; and where illusion is comfortingly real.”
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“No one is born a monster. But I wish some people were. It would make it easier to hate them, to kill them, to forget their dead faces.”
― Glass Sword
― Glass Sword
“Don’t worry, Da. People point guns at each other all the time in Ketterdam. It’s basically a handshake.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“It’s not something you can control, Mare,” he replies, still standing so far away. “We can’t choose who we love. I wish, more than anything, that we could.” I feel cracked open. My skin still runs hot from Cal’s embrace, remembering the feel of him only moments ago. But in the deepest part of me, in spite of every fiber of my being, I think beyond the clearing, to ice-colored eyes, an empty promise, and a kiss aboard a boat.”
― Glass Sword
― Glass Sword
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