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“It was wrong to want to touch a scar and call it beautiful.”
“It was different to give something up than to see it taken away. The difference, Kestrel said, was choice.”
“The sky was a feather blanket of clouds, save for one blue hole in the fabric. A blue cloud in a white sky.”
“Shed felt it before, she felt it now: the pull to fall in with him, to fall into him, to lose her sense of self.”
“She’d felt it before, she felt it now: the pull to fall in with him, to fall into him, to lose her sense of self.”
“You can't see both sides of one coin at once, can you, child? The god of money always keeps a secret.The god of money was also the god of spies.”
“She turned to look at him, and he was already looking at her. Im going to miss you when I wake up, she whispered, because she realized that she must have fallen asleep under the sun. Arin was too r...”
“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her name, as if her name were not a name but a question. Or perhaps that it wasnt...”
“Someone was coming through the velvet.He was pulling it wide, he was stepping onto Kestrels balconyclose, closer still as she turned and the curtain swayed, then stopped. He pinned the velvet again...”
“She had dreams that shamed her in the morning, dreams where Ronan gave her a white powdered cake, yet spoke in Arin's voice. I made this for you, he said. Do you like it?The powder was so fine that...”
“Arin, youre not listening. Youre not thinking clearly.Youre right. I havent been thinking clearly, not for a long time. But I understand now. Arin pushed his tiles away. His winning hand scattered ...”
“Sometimes, Arin almost understood what Kestrel had done. Even now, as he felt the drift of the boat and didn't fight its pull, Arin remembered the yearning in Kestrel's face whatever she'd mentione...”
“His dear face, dear to her, dearer still. how could she love his face more for its damage? What kind of person saw someone's suffering and felt her heart crack open even wider, even more sweetly th...”
“The guard hit Kestrel across the face. I said, what did you give him?You had a warriors heart, even then.Kestrel spat blood. Nothing, she told the guard. She thought of her father, she thought of A...”
“Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should know it to be her fault whether shed given the order or notand whether she knew or not. Innocent?...”
“She turned to look at him, and he was already looking at her. “I’m going to miss you when I wake up,” she whispered, because she realized that she must have fallen asleep under the sun. Arin was to...”
“Arin, you’re not listening. You’re not thinking clearly.”“You’re right. I haven’t been thinking clearly, not for a long time. But I understand now.” Arin pushed his tiles away. His winning hand sca...”
“The guard hit Kestrel across the face. “I said, what did you give him?”You had a warrior’s heart, even then.Kestrel spat blood. “Nothing,” she told the guard. She thought of her father, she thought...”
