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“You cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. There is nothing more foreign to them, and so nothing they ache more deeply to see.”
― Circe
― Circe
“It all had a classy, run-down look, like a place to be aesthetically killed by a really famous poltergeist.”
― Call Down the Hawk
― Call Down the Hawk
“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Circe
― Circe
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Circe
― Circe
“There had been a time when words had been the only place he could find solace. No book ever lost patience with him or told him to sit still. When his tutors had thrown up their hands in frustration, it was the library that had taught Nikolai military history, strategy, chemistry, astronomy. Each spine had been an open door away whispering, Come in, come in. Here is the land you’ve never seen before. Here is a place to hide when you’re frightened, to play when you’re bored, to rest when the world seems unkind.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
Tes’s 2025 Year in Books
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