for a man will only toil in a mine so long as he can dream of sunny fields, and he’ll only kneel for a tyrant if he can secretly cut that tyrant’s throat in the close theater of his bowed head.
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“He frowned. ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Gave as good as I got,’ she mumbled.”
― Valor
― Valor
“What is it?’ Marrock asked. ‘It’s a book,’ Brina said. ‘When we’ve read it we’ll tell you what’s in it, which is what I think you meant to ask.”
― Valor
― Valor
“Just looking at them, he felt a pressure building in his chest. This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about me.”
― Valor
― Valor
“He has wondered lately if that's all living really is—one long goodbye to those we love.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“Damien gently pulled her head back against his chest, and settled the two of them down into the bed, eluding her tempting lips.”
― Summoned to the Wilds
― Summoned to the Wilds
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