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“I know that’s top priority for you, keeping her alive, and chances are she almost definitely will stay that way!” Damien cleared his throat, standing straighter and shoving the papers at him. “I did not specify the order of priority—” “Ah, well,”—Anomalous snatched away the parchment, trading off his strange tool before Damien could refuse to take it—“you didn’t really have to.”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

“To what are we to give unholy gratitude for the dark delight of your visit, Master?”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

“When you’re young, fear is debilitating. Its presence clouds your mind and senses. Now, I had been afraid for so long, so ceaselessly, that it was just another bodily function to regulate—heartbeat, breath, sweat, muscles.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and rose.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom