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“Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for thingsfor love, for acceptancethat I do not really need. ...”
“Dont be afraid, he says with a half smile. Youre with me. His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and d...”
“No. I cannot let him control me.You are mine, Adelina, Enzo growls. Turn your powers against your own fleet.”
“Enzo inherited a throne. Giulietta relied on her royal blood. Queen Maeve rules Beldain because she was born to it. But true rulers are not born. We are made.”
“I have spent my entire life thinking of the Inquisitors as things, soulless creatures. But they are just men. Men can be swayed, and I have the power to do it.”
“You have goodness in your heart, but your darkness overwhelms it all; your desire to hurt, destroy, and avenge is more powerful than your desire to love, help, and light the way.”
“We might not return from this voyage. None of us. We might all lay down our lives when we reach the end, and not ever know whether our sacrifice changed anything for the better.It will be for the b...”
“After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.”
“Trusting me, Teren murmurs, is a dangerous game, mi Adelinetta.Im doing more than that, I reply. For the rest of this journey, you will be my personal guard.At that, Terens eyes flare with surprise...”
“Make no mistakewe dont trust each other, not by any stretch of the imagination.”
“Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.”
“When Compasia took pity on me, she reached down into the Underworld, touched the shoulder of Moritas, and asked her forgiveness. Then Compasia took my sister in her arms and placed her in the sky, ...”
“There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.”
“I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.”
“How many times have you been called an abomination? he whispers. A monster? Worthle”
“I suppose you come in here often, then, I say, half teasing. Bringing your maids and admirers?Magiano frowns at that. He shakes his head. You think Im bedding every maid I speak to? he says and shr...”
“Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed.”
“The worlds deadliest mercenaries choose to serve you, the whispers say, because they have yet to meet me.”
“I have earned my revenge on everyone who hurt me. My father, who tortured me every day - I crushed his chest and his heart. Teren, sick and twisted and mad - I took away his beloved just as he took...”
“The fire in you burns as fiercely as it did when I first met you.”
