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He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be. (Cinda Williams Chima)
Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought. View quote
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Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can. View quote
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It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept. View quote
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Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled. View quote
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You couldn't keep your mouth shut? I'm calling you Glitterhair from now on. Or Talksalot. View quote
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Weird is good, strange is bad. View quote
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For Hanalea the Warrior! View quote
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But I don't want your throne." "Then what do you want?" "You. View quote
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It was a peculiar marriage of interests- Lord Averill and Captain Byrne and Lord Bayar and Han Alister agreeing on anything was as rare as gold in Ragmarket. View quote
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Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead. "Don't you die. don't you dare. I forbid it." As if Han Alister had ever listened to anything she said. (Cinda Williams Chima)
More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There was nothing truly new in the world, but only the slow, circular march of time that revealed the old things once again. View quote
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He's not lazy. He's just highly inefficient. View quote
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Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock. View quote
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Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop." "What?" "What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple." "Raisa, this is getting us nowhere." "Say it! View quote
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You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand? View quote
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Well now, Jack," Hastings said from the sidelines. "I'm afraid you've been beheaded. Not a good start." He sounded amused. View quote
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Both Averill and Bayar were like actors speaking lines for their audience and not to each other. View quote
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Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards. View quote
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I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments. View quote
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I like rough edges. That's what makes a person real. (Cinda Williams Chima)
I'd rather have a go at life, so there's something to talk about once we're gone. View quote
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I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I've lost everything, I find there's still something else to lose. View quote
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Her clothes still smoked from the wizard's assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers. View quote
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Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both. View quote
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