My responsibility was to tell you the truth, not wrap you in swaddling clothes.” She raised her hood again, half-veiling her face in shadow. "Nor protect you from your own badly aimed temper. (Scott Lynch)

My responsibility was to tell you the truth, not wrap you in swaddling clothes.” She raised her hood again, half-veiling her face in shadow. "Nor protect you from your own badly aimed temper.

Scott Lynch

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