“Love and freedom don’t coexist, Warden.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Then he said– “Do you remember what you said to me once I had done it? When we stood there together?”
She looked at him and she said, “Yes.”
He said– “You said, ‘I picked you to change, and this is how you repay me?”
She said– “What else did I say?”
He said, “Where did you put the people? Where did they go?”
She said, “I still love you.”
He said, “You said that too.”
― Nona the Ninth
She looked at him and she said, “Yes.”
He said– “You said, ‘I picked you to change, and this is how you repay me?”
She said– “What else did I say?”
He said, “Where did you put the people? Where did they go?”
She said, “I still love you.”
He said, “You said that too.”
― Nona the Ninth
“And Nona found herself saying– “I’m ready to die… really ready.”
“Nothing is really ready to die,” said the Captain.”
― Nona the Ninth
“Nothing is really ready to die,” said the Captain.”
― Nona the Ninth
“Nor had Pyrrha ever looked at her the way she now looked at the dead corpse with red hair–a kind of soft, guarded want; a hunger–a living desire to take the corpse in her arms like Kevin’s wanting desire with his dolls. To own, to squeeze, to cosset and destroy”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“There can be no forgiveness.”
“For whom?” she asked.
For a long time he did not answer.”
― Nona the Ninth
“For whom?” she asked.
For a long time he did not answer.”
― Nona the Ninth
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