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“You don't ask for forgiveness, Kaz. You earn it.”
“Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself.”
“Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain.”
“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
“Its good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan.You only say that because you have no shame.”
“i prefer to think of the good times. Like when you held my hair as I was vomiting into a bucket.”
“Have any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pekka Rollins gave us?""Guns?" asked Jesper."Ships?" queried Inej."Bombs?" suggested Wylan. "Political bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked a...”
“Wylan summoned every bit of bravado he'd learned from Nina, the will he'd learned from Matthias, the focus he'd studied in Kaz, the courage he'd learned from Inej, and the wild, reckless hope he'd ...”
“Nina would never let Kaz abandon her. She'd fight with everything she had to free Inej even if she was still in the grips of Parem. Matthias would stand by her with that great heart full of honor.”
“If you don't care about money, Nina dear, call it by its other names.""Kruge? Scrub? Kaz's one true love?""Freedom, security, retribution.”
“He looked down at his boots. "That berth belongs to you too. It will always be there whenif you want to come back."Inej could not speak. Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for su...”
“You have your own problems right now, Zenik, said a voice in her head. Stop worrying about saving the world and save your own ass. Sometimes her inner voice could be very wise.”
“Nina was about to snap that she didn't appreciate the sarcasm when she saw the expression on his face. He looked like someone had just given him a tuba full of puppies.”
“Waiting was the part of the criminal life so many people got wrong. They wanted to act instead of hold fast and gather information. They wanted to know instantly without having to learn. Sometimes ...”
“But when someone does wrong, when we make mistakes, we dont say were sorry. We promise to make amends.I will.Mati en sheva yelu. This action will have no echo. It means we wont repeat the same mist...”
“Sometimes scientific discoveries are like that []. Once people know something is possible, the pace of new findings increases. (Wylan)”
“She rested her head on his shoulder. "You're better than waffles, Matthias Helvar." A small smile curled the Fjerdan's lips. "Let's not say things we don't mean, my love.”
“I promise, Matthias. I'll take you home.""Nina," he said, pressing her hand to his heart. "I am already home.”
“Kaz had always kept himself at a remove from everyone. Theyd wanted camaraderie, friendship, but he had never agreed to play their game, only his own.”
“What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary.”
“She righted herself, her balance returning. Had she really thought the world didn't change? She was a fool. The world was made of miracles, unexpected earthquakes, storms that came from nowhere and...”
