The less you say, the more weight your words will carry. Don’t argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter. “You didn’t laugh at the Fjerdan captain,” I observed. “That wasn’t an insult. It was a challenge,” he said. “Know the
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“We cannot lose what really belongs to us. Therefore we need have no anxiety.”
― The I Ching or Book of Changes
― The I Ching or Book of Changes
“I have secrets aplenty. There are so many things you don't know, daughter of Madoc. And I think you crave a little violence yourself.”
― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
“The Flower-Crowned Martial God; Sword in One Hand, Flower in the Other. Shi Qingxuan had only rememberede the flower. He had forgotten that Xie Lian ascended because of his sword.”
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“Mo Ran was no man of culture and didn’t recognize this something else as the feeling of being evenly matched with a worthy opponent. He only knew that from then on, he had no true nemesis in the world.”
― The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1
― The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1
“Though I would not delight to see the straps sink into your skin, neither would I mourn.'
'Enough blustering,' he says. 'You've already won. Look.'
He takes me by the shoulders and turns me so that I can see where the great body of the serpent lies. A jolt of horror goes through me, and I try to wrench out of his grip. And then I notice the fighting has ebbed, the Folk are staring. From within the body of the creature emanates a glow.
And then, through that, Cardan steps out. Cardan, naked and covered in blood.
Alive.
Only out of his spilled blood can a great ruler rise.
...
Cardan takes a step forward and little cracks appear from his footfalls. Fissures in the very earth. He speaks with a boom that echoes through everyone gathered there. 'The curse is broken. The king is returned.'
He's every bit as terrifying as any serpent.
I don't care. I run into his arms.”
― The Queen of Nothing
'Enough blustering,' he says. 'You've already won. Look.'
He takes me by the shoulders and turns me so that I can see where the great body of the serpent lies. A jolt of horror goes through me, and I try to wrench out of his grip. And then I notice the fighting has ebbed, the Folk are staring. From within the body of the creature emanates a glow.
And then, through that, Cardan steps out. Cardan, naked and covered in blood.
Alive.
Only out of his spilled blood can a great ruler rise.
...
Cardan takes a step forward and little cracks appear from his footfalls. Fissures in the very earth. He speaks with a boom that echoes through everyone gathered there. 'The curse is broken. The king is returned.'
He's every bit as terrifying as any serpent.
I don't care. I run into his arms.”
― The Queen of Nothing
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