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Pg 689
“Your bones lie behind me. Nothing lies ahead. You are dead, and I an old man,” he murmured. “I resented you for such a long time, Jannart. I had been comfortable in the belief that I would die before you did. Perhaps I even tried to ensure it. I hated you—hated the memory of you—for leaving first. Leaving me.”
— Apr 29, 2019 09:31PM
“Your bones lie behind me. Nothing lies ahead. You are dead, and I an old man,” he murmured. “I resented you for such a long time, Jannart. I had been comfortable in the belief that I would die before you did. Perhaps I even tried to ensure it. I hated you—hated the memory of you—for leaving first. Leaving me.”
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Aqsa
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Pg 702
“Some truths,” he said, “are safest buried. Some castles best kept in the sky. There’s promise in tales that are yet to be spoken. In the shadow realm, known only to the few.”
— Apr 29, 2019 10:21PM
“Some truths,” he said, “are safest buried. Some castles best kept in the sky. There’s promise in tales that are yet to be spoken. In the shadow realm, known only to the few.”
Aqsa
is 95% done
Pg 694
“You do say the strangest things, sister.”
“The wisest are seldom appreciated in their time.”
— Apr 29, 2019 09:40PM
“You do say the strangest things, sister.”
“The wisest are seldom appreciated in their time.”
Aqsa
is 94% done
Pg 689
SEEK NOT THE MIDNIGHT SUN ON EARTH
BUT LOOK FOR IT WITHIN
— Apr 29, 2019 09:31PM
SEEK NOT THE MIDNIGHT SUN ON EARTH
BUT LOOK FOR IT WITHIN
Aqsa
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Pg 688
There was something he had to do before he faced the court. He would seek the ghosts before they found him.
— Apr 29, 2019 09:29PM
There was something he had to do before he faced the court. He would seek the ghosts before they found him.
Aqsa
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Pg 663
“Being your friend is quite a strenuous affair, you know,” he said, feeling her smile against his own cheek. He gathered Sabran close with the other arm. “That applies to both of you.”
— Apr 29, 2019 08:42PM
“Being your friend is quite a strenuous affair, you know,” he said, feeling her smile against his own cheek. He gathered Sabran close with the other arm. “That applies to both of you.”
Aqsa
is 88% done
Pg 651
Let me do what I must, she prayed, then let me ask no more.
— Apr 29, 2019 08:19PM
Let me do what I must, she prayed, then let me ask no more.
Aqsa
is 88% done
Pg 648
“I told her to leave me. She refused. Finally, I said I had never wanted her; that she would never be my empress. This time, I saw pain in her. And rage. She told me that she would build her own empire in defiance of me, and that one day she would drive her blade into my heart, as I had done to her.” His jaw flexed. “I never saw her again.”
— Apr 29, 2019 08:13PM
“I told her to leave me. She refused. Finally, I said I had never wanted her; that she would never be my empress. This time, I saw pain in her. And rage. She told me that she would build her own empire in defiance of me, and that one day she would drive her blade into my heart, as I had done to her.” His jaw flexed. “I never saw her again.”
Aqsa
is 85% done
Pg 624
For whatsoever from one place doth fall,
is with the tide unto an other brought:
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
—Edmund Spenser
— Apr 29, 2019 07:27PM
For whatsoever from one place doth fall,
is with the tide unto an other brought:
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
—Edmund Spenser
Aqsa
is 82% done
Pg 604
Besides, I like to defy convention now and then. No ruler made progress by playing a safe hand. And it keeps my officials on their toes.” Sunlight gleamed in the darkness of his hair. “They never expect us to actually rule, you know. If we do, they call us mad.
— Apr 29, 2019 06:20PM
Besides, I like to defy convention now and then. No ruler made progress by playing a safe hand. And it keeps my officials on their toes.” Sunlight gleamed in the darkness of his hair. “They never expect us to actually rule, you know. If we do, they call us mad.
Aqsa
is 82% done
Pg 602
How can a mortal be unceasing, after all, except through memorable and historic actions?
— Apr 29, 2019 06:16PM
How can a mortal be unceasing, after all, except through memorable and historic actions?
