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“ I am Marian the Less - but I am also the Hammer of the North, and I am the Malkin Queen. They live in me, too. I am not the soft creature you hope to mould. Not any more, Glorian said. Threaten my family again, and you will remember, as I give you wings. ”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

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“ If it lasts for a week or a month or a year, it will still be ours to cherish, she said. Does a flower bloom any less sweet for its brevity?

Esbar smiled.

No, she said, leaning close. Nor less beautiful. ”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

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“ To freeze is an instinct shared by all living things. Think of how a deer stills when it scents a threat. Glorian kept looking at the skull, into the hollows that had once held eyes. You can conquer it... ”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

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“She had seen those eyes in mirrors for half a century. She had seen his face in a dream of bees.

And a name escaped her before she could stop it.

'Armul.”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

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“She drew, and with one mighty pull, Tunuva Melim lifted the lake.

At once, her body ached to its joints, and she would have given anything to sleep. Instead, she imagined the water as the fire she could no longer touch, drawing and gathering it to her will.

At first, it was like lifting a weapon too heavy.

And then, as the stars fell, it was as easy as breathing.”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

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