“If the cause wasn’t honorable, how could it be an honor to participate in it?”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“The first woman was given antlers on her head to branch her power out into the world,” he said, digging the rake in deeper. “Slugs are frightened of that power because they are spineless creatures, and all spineless creatures are frightened of a woman’s power.”
― Betty
― Betty
“He’d loved the unfamiliar sense of safety that their defeat had brought. The security that could only come with power. The ability to control things. Yes, that was what he’d loved best of all.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Celaena bit her tongue hard enough to keep her gods-damned smart-ass mouth shut.”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
“I took them into the garden and burned them one by one and I thought how easy it is to destroy the past and how difficult to forget it.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
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