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“Ah, desire. Such a poisonous thing.”
“Guilt is what makes you accountable.”
“Night coaxed out the stars, my jailers.”
“And in such bliss does devastation grow.”
“Existence is the gift. Life is a choice.”
“A memory is a fine legacy to leave behind.”
“I used to think fear either numbed or nudged. Now I knew fear did neither. Fear was a key that fit every person's hollow spaces---those things that kept us cold at night and that place where we ret...”
“Fear was a reminder that even the insubstantial could kill. But insubstantial meant it had no shape. It couldn't be conquered or tamed or avoided. Only moved through, with force and will.”
“I love you," he murmured into my hair. "You are my night and stars, the fate I would fix myself to in any life.”
“I wanted a love thick with time, as inscrutable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. I wanted the impossible, which made it that much easier to push out...”
“Neither the secret whirring song of the stars nor the sonorous canticles of the earth knew the language that sprang up in the space between us. It was a dialect of heartbeats, strung together with ...”
“Her power was a wrenching thing, starless black and sorrow, but my magic was something more...it was hope.”
“Who wanted to be smiled at by the girl that trailed shadows like pets, conjured snakes and waited for Death, her bridegroom, to steal her from these walls?”
“All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.”
“What property is left to dreamers when every idea has been tamed and conquered? What about the poet who dreams of embracing the night sky? It's utterly impossible. And yet the thought of it sparks ...”
“Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.”
“My joy was ghostly, like something not quite realized.”
“I know your soul. Everything else is just an ornament.”
“You know nothing about me." "I know your soul. Everything else is an ornament.”
“There's always impossibilities in dreams. Dream more.”
“I promised you the moon for your throne and stars to wear in your hair," said Amar, gesturing inside. "And I always keep my promises.”
“Father once said the real language of diplomacy was in the space between words.”
“Ruling Akaran is a strange task. In many ways, it is like balancing an illusion. You must separate the illusion of what you see and the reality of its consequences," he said. "Tell me, my queen, ar...”
