“It avoids rather than hurts, it hurts rather than maims, it maims rather than kills—the staff does not destroy.” “I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war. I give you the strength to fight, but you all must learn the strength of restraint.” Mama turns to me, shoulders pinned back. “You must protect those who can’t defend themselves. That is the way of the staff.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
― Children of Blood and Bone
“Denn die Todten reiten schnell”— (“For the dead travel fast.”)”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“How must we understand potato?”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“There’s no ignoring the prickle at my scalp, and I let my gaze shift to meet Xaden’s.”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
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