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«When her fingers brush his, the shadows staining his fingers drain back into hers. “I'm frightened.”»

«“Is all well? You seem quieter than usual,” Galen says.

“I wasn't aware such a thing was possible.”»

«What would she think of watching me so vulnerable? Speaking the words is one thing, but letting her see the reward he has reaped from his actions feels forbidden. [...] He knows his silence and chill are troublesome to Rúnda. Always, he has attempted to speak the words in his heart and fallen short.»

«Iohmar looked at himself, touched a hand to his chest, and found himself more in pieces than together.»

«He loves the soundless woods, the hissing silence of the desert, and the crash of the ocean, which is an empty and full quiet. This is different, pressing on all sides, and he wishes to be rid of it.»

«She presses her lips between his shoulder blades. “You smell of stone.”

“Stone?”

“Mmm. River stones. It's quite lovely.”

Iohmar thinks of the sweet, calm cool of water over river rock and smiles into the darkness.»

«“Forgive me,” he says. Acting childish is shameful, but he couldn't be in the presence of anyone, even her.

She shakes her head. “There's nothing to forgive, Io.”

He turns his face from her. Understanding is a strange thing, particularly when he doesn't understand it himself.»

«He wraps his fingers around her arm, warm and solid and safe. He is going to scream.

“Excuse me,” he whispers.»

«Si se pudiera morir de risa, yo me habría muerto mil veces por culpa de papá.»

«Soñarás que los consejos de tu madre estarán por encima de los temblores de tus piernas en las crisis de ansiedad.»

«Se me llenan los mofletes de nostalgia. Nostalgia anticipada, porque aún no sé qué echo de menos, qué me falta, qué me sobra si yo no tengo nada.»

«Me recordaba a las miradas de la adolescencia, las que intentan demostrarlo todo porque jamás se atreverían a decir nada.»

“Honestly, if Carra's life—even these last ten years of it—is your only legacy in this world, then you are the greatest of all men. [...] I mean it, Thomil Siernes-Caldonn. If more fathers were like you, the world might not be so terrible and cruel. Hell, if more men were like you, I might not be so... [...] Vehemently opposed to them.”

Truer words have never been spoken.

Thomil Siernes-Caldonn, would you marry me?

Sciona Freynan, you're my idol, I love you.

«“I love you.” He didn't say it often enough. It was such a beautiful sound in Caldonnish. It would be a pity for such music to disappear from the world.»

M. L. Wang, cielo, ¿y si me arrancas el corazón de cuajo? Acabamos antes con este sufrimiento.

«She hadn't meant to cry so long—had never cried so long in her life—but there had never been so much to grieve.»

La forma en la que amo a Thomil?????

«“[...] If you can lie to yourself that you're a good person, despite all evidence, then suddenly it is so? Then, within this system, anyone with enough self-delusion can admit himself to Heaven. This is nonsense. [...] It's much easier to tell yourself you're a good person than it is to actually be one.”»

«I have been a goddess, but I am a pious lady of good manners, and I know that in this house, there is only space for one god.
I am a pious lady of good manners.
I will not stay in someone's house where I am not wanted.»

«“Is something funny?” she asked when Thomil smothered a laugh.

“No, ma'am.” Thomil blinked, seeming to remember himself, and schooled his features. “Apologies.”

“What is it?” Sciona demanded, wishing she wasn't quite so good at squashing Thomil's smiles whenever they came up, wishing she could hit the keys to seize on them before they faded like light into the Otherrealm.»

🩶🩶🩶

“I just thought... it seems to me like someone should buy you a drink.”

HE'S SO CUTE OMG I LOVE HIM

“That process of finding and pulling energy is what we call ‘sourcing.’ When you hear someone say a ‘sourcing spell’ or ‘Hey, Mordra the Tenth is a terrible sourcer,’ that's what they're referring to.”

Omg she's so funny I love her

«“You know, arrogance never made a woman more attractive.”

“When I care how attractive you find me, I'll let you know.”»

LOUDER QUEENNNNNNN

«Sciona might lack social skills, but she wasn't an idiot. She knew when she was being insulted. She also knew that if she reacted with affront—like any man would react—the other mages would treat her as hysterical and too soft for the job.»

God, this book is so The Man coded

«“No, my dear.” Bringham held up a finger. “Don't do that.”

“Do what?” Cry?

“Credit me or anyone else for your success. As it is, other people will try to credit me in order to tear you down. Be cold, be hard, and don't give them an inch, you understand? No matter what they say of you.”»

Ultimo capítulo y sospecho que M. L. Wang todavía tiene reservado algún que otro hostión para regalarme :)

«Her eyes went wide, and she smiled—Gods in the Deep, she smiled—a raw, open smile, and it was the most beautiful thing in all the Duna.»

Gods in the Deep, I love this woman.

«When it is too much to be a man, I am the mountain.»

M. L. Wang keeps finding ways to shatter my heart.

«You come from warrior stock, every one of you. The same blood that made your fathers, brothers, and sons such powerful fighters flows through your veins, doesn't it?»

GODS I LOVE WOMEN

«The archer's widow was crying but the tears only seemed to make her voice stronger.»

This is a story about the strength of women in a world dominated by men.