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“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
“and the look they exchanged could have melted miles of northern ice.”
“Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too.”
“Close your eyes!""You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan." "Just do it!”
“Survival wasn't nearly as hard as he'd thought once he left decency behind.”
“They fear as I once feared you, he said. As you once feared me. We are all someones monster, Nina”
“She tilted her head back, breathing deeply. It was a stone gray day, the sea a bleak slate broken up by whitecaps, the sky pleated with thick ripples of cloud. A hard wind filled the sails, carryin...”
“Jesper: If Pekka Rollins kills us all, Im going to get Wylans ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.Kaz: Ill just hire Matthias ghost to ...”
“Greed is your god, Kaz."He almost laughed at that. "No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.”
“Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here," he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover."Are we going to read to each other?""Just flip it open to the back."Jesper opened the boo...”
“And what god do you serve, then?Whichever will grant me good fortune. I dont think gods work that way. I dont think I care.”
“Van Eck raised a brow. "How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers.”
“Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, Im going to get Wylans ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I c...”
“I need someone who can be invisible, who can become a ghost. Do you think you can do that?"I'm already a ghost, she thought. I died in the hold of a slaver ship."i think so.”
“She'd hurt him, but she'd attempted everything in her power to make things right. She'd shown him in a thousand ways that she was honorable and strong and generous and very human, maybe even more v...”
“She knew she should say something profound, something beautiful in response. Instead, she spoke the truth. "If we make it out of here alive, I'm going to kiss you unconscious.”
“Shed shown him in a thousand ways that she was honorable and strong and generous and very human, maybe even more vividly human than anyone hed ever known. And if she was, then Grisha werent inheren...”
“He'd broken his leg dropping down from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever after. So he'd found himself a Fabrikator and had his cane made. It became a declaration. There w...”
“Shall I tell you the secret of true love? her father once asked her. A friend of mine liked to tell me that women love flowers. He had many flirtations, but he never found a wife. Do you know why? ...”
“When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm.""I'm going to pay someone to burn my kruge for me.""Why don't you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That's what...”
