“Is that what you think of yourself? That everything good about you came from a fucking church? Atroxus didn’t make you special by choosing you. He chose you because you already were, and even when you were eight Mother-damned years old, he knew that. You owe him nothing. Nothing.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
“We all have our regrets. Don’t follow yours to the grave.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
“She looked at him like he was a question answered. He looked at her like she was the only one worth asking.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
“Sometimes they only see you for the first time when you force them to.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
“I’m patient,” he murmured. “A man can’t rush worship.” And gods, that was what he was doing. Worshipping.”
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
― The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
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