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“You're afraid of your own anger.”
“But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.”
“She would thump them both, and she would apologize to neither.”
“It's only water," she said."Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said.”
“I can't know your feelings", he said ,"if you don't know them yourself.”
“Your brothers are the foolish ones for not seeing the strength in beautiful things.”
“I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm afraid to tell you what I wish for, for fear you'll... oh, I don't know, throw...”
“I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said."It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner...”
“What are you grinning at?" Katsa demanded for the third or fourth time. "Is the ceiling about to cave in on my head or something? You look like we're both on the verge of an enormous joke.""Katsa, ...”
“Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks and scream if I hear any strange noises.”
“I wouldn't marry Giddon to save my life," Katsa said. "Not even to save yours.""Well." Raffin's eyes were full of laughter. "I'd leave that part out.”
“You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?""I've a knife in my boot," she said, and then wondered, for a moment, if she could throttle a moose wi...”
“Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life."Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection.""I'm going to name my firstborn child after you."Katsa laughed at that. "For the child's ...”
“Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.”
“In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.”
“The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.”
“How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highe...”
“He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.”
“Lady Katsa, is it?" "Yes, Lord Prince.""I've heard you have one eye green as the Middluns grasses, and the other eye blue as the sky.""Yes, Lord Prince.""I've heard you can kill a man with the nail...”
“Raffin appeared again, a floor above her, on the balconied passageway that ran past his workrooms. He leaned over the railing and called down to her. "Kat!""What is it?""You look lost . Have you fo...”
“I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to.”
“There was no helping her tears. For they would leave Po behind She cried into his shoulder like a child. Ashamed of herself, for it was only a parting, and Bitterblue had not wept like this even ov...”
“Please, Katsa," he finally said. "At least talk to me".She swung around to face him. "What it there to talk about? You know how I feel, and what I think about it.""And what I feel? Doesn't it matter?”
