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“Many of the children of Iluvatar harken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.”

“In every age there come forth things that are new and have no foretelling, for they do not proceed from the past.”

"Blessed are the peacemakers, to be sure; but peacemaking is long, hard labor, not a mere declaration."

"When people cease to be people because they are, to us, merely representatives or mouthpieces of positions we want to eradicate, then we, in our zeal to win, have sacrificed empathy: we have declined the opportunity to understand other people's desires, principles, fears. And that is a great price to pay for supposed 'victory' in debate."

"We fixate so immovably on this notion of argument as war in part because human beings, generally speaking, are insanely competitive about everything; but also because in many arguments there truly is something to be lost, and most often what's under threat is social affiliation."

“The problem that arises for us, as opposed to our hunter-gatherer forebears, is the need to distinguish between ‘genuine solidarity’ and participation in an Inner Ring.”

I love that Andre calls everyone Boss.

“All cages are meant for breaking.”

I feel like the clay on her jeans is a clue.

“Many of us did not want the job of being monsters.” 😭

NAPOLEON!!!!!!

Eight books in and can we please defeat Napoleon or what

“We did not get ourselves into trouble, at all. It came to us, without any effort on our parts.”

I’m going to shelve this book for now. I have gotten a lot out of hearing Mother Theresa’s heart’s readiness for the call to the poor. But being weighed down in the bureaucracy of waiting for official church sanction is not encouraging in this season of my life. Will return to this at another point, I am certain.

Total set-up. I’m thinking it’s some French agent

Jane Austen would love amnesiac Lawrence’s consternation at things he has learned since joining the corps. A woman admiral?! Do I have a daughter I forgot about? Do I treat this woman as a lady or as an officer? Love what we’ve done in this book

I love listening to her process of finding her love for the work of running.

The struggle with an audiobook: I can’t listen at work so I’ve been in suspense since my lunch break. What do these blood tests reveal?!

I love that, amnesia or not, Laurence has no fear of Temeraire. ❤️

Is this egg going to be a luck dragon?

I really enjoy this being read by the author. She is painting a vivid picture of long distance running culture and an ultra competitive childhood. I’d run from that, too

I love hearing the author’s voice and her defence of romance as a genre. Yes, we will keep reading everything you write.

Amnesia always bodes ill.

Bonus chapter! Read by the author! From Charlie’s perspective!

Sair is the real hero of this story

Love Thadred’s theory about short people. Can confirm

Lleuad to the rescue!

I get what Thadred’s doing, but he needs to back off

“The bad thing you’re worried about is never the bad thing that happens. It’s always some other bad thing you’re not expecting.”