Kate Cummings Tornquist
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Kate Cummings Tornquist said:
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5 stars - fantastic! First 5 star read of the year and for a long time. I cannot wait for the second one to come out!Word Count: 240,000
28h 14m - Audible "
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"Reread to prepare for #2! Just as exciting the second time around" — Feb 15, 2026 07:02PM
"Reread to prepare for #2! Just as exciting the second time around" — Feb 15, 2026 07:02PM
Alchemised
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“You’re like a rose in a graveyard,” he said, and his lips twisted into a bitter smile. “I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.”
“For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“It’s all part of the life-cycle of an economy. First it’s lawless capitalism until that starts to impede growth. Next comes regulation, law enforcement, and taxes. After that: public benefits and entitlements. Then, finally, overexpenditure and collapse.”
― Artemis
― Artemis
“...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life. Cee”
― Atonement
― Atonement
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