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The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. -Faber p.79

“The thing folks at home never realise about war is just how bloody boring it is.”-corporal Tunny p.226

“There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.”-Corporal Tunny p.140

For all the beauty and joy of life, the world is nonetheless a war zone.
P.299

In order to engage in some constructive reflection, he needed a place where he could relax, feel at ease. Taverns, coffeehouses, and cafes had never appealed to him. He was a home-loving man, and pretty much any home would do, as long as it met his Standards of cleanliness. P.189

There weren’t many things you worked so hard at to make so little. The only other one she could think of right off was revenge. P.373

“Shit at least makes flowers grow. Honor isn’t even that useful.” -Cosca p.196

“Government’s an affair of sitting, not hitting. You rule with the brains and the buttocks, never with the fists. For example, there was the conscription of consumption… Conscientious objection on an enormous scale….. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.”

“How many girls are lucky enough to have a torturer for a chaperone? There’s nothing like it for encouraging the suitors.” -Ardee (p372)

‘It is not how you die, but how you lived, that counts.’ -Glokta

Completely caught me by surprise how West handled the prince! 😂

You loose your mother and realise you need to live life to the fullest. Only to take a year off to travel from New York and rent an apartment in Paris and spend a huge amount on furniture and Nick naks. Pitiful!!!!

I’d much rather take a year off and travel the world.

“Calming to the mind, invigorating to the body. There are few ills a good cup of tea won’t help with.” -Bayaz p.186

I like and dislike this book, but I’m reading it to the end.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GETTING WORSE
“My ‘mother’ was a concubine from a distant royal house contracted for the sake of conceiving me. There was no tickling or shows of affection.” Maeve, p.139

‘Though father doesn’t say it, I feel the burden of freeing papa-his one true love’ -P.67
[THIS FEELS WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS!]