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“How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.”
“When one is silent, those around speak even more, my lord.”
“Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
“Its against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.”
“People divulge things to you that they would not divulge to anyone else.”
“It's against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.”
“Sir Topher finally looked up. Because any hope beyond that, my boy, would be too much. I feared we would drown in it."Then I choose to drown, Finnikin said. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
“He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held tho...”
“Today this courtyard was filled with great warriors. What is more? But it was not filled with great men who have the heart to rule a kingdom. Any man can kill, Finnikin. It is a stroke, an action w...”
“Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?”
“Do not cry, she said fiercely, but her own tears flowed. Do not cry, Finnikin. For if we begin, our tears will never end.”
“If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.”
“We have a dilemma, then, Finnikin said fiercely. Because I prayed that you would grow old and hold my children in your arms as you held me. My prayers have not been answered yet, Trevanion. So whos...”
“Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.”
“He just watched the way Finnikins hands rested on Evanjalins neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way his tongue seemed to disappear inside her mouth as if he needed a part of her to ...”
“The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.”
“As he left Yatas home that morning, he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams. For a moment he allowed himself...”
“But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.”
“But Froi looked around with wonder. As if he had never seen the world from up so high before.”
“The gods whispered to you once, Finnikin. And you listened. But they are proud and refuse to speak to those who do not believe that there is something out there mightier than the minds and intellec...”
