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I don’t like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.
“Did everyone have a nice time?” I asked. “I ate so much sugar that I think I qualify as an annex to Willy Wonka’s factory,” said May.
“Instinct is a wonderful thing. It doesn’t care about the lies our parents told us, or the ones we tell ourselves.”
They may have been lies, but even lies have power if you repeat them often enough.
“I love you. Lying to you would be a mistreatment of what that love means.”
Dear Rand and I were acquainted in Londinium, long before any of us dreamt we’d meet again in the Americas.”
You want me to be a villain: things are always easier when there’s a clear villain, and I can fill the role admirably. I have before, and I probably will again. Please don’t mistake villainy for evil. The two can exist side by side while remaining quite distinct.
“Many men have resented me in their days, young prince,” said Tybalt. “Be proud of the legacy you have joined.”
They were my boys and they loved me, and I needed to be careful with them if I ever wanted to be worthy of them.
“I dislike the dead returning to life,” said Etienne, his shoulders slumping again. “It’s untidy and inappropriate.”
“Growing up often comes at the cost of our heroes,”
“It’s true, you’ve had few opportunities to bleed all over everything and ruin my best shirt.” “I can’t have ruined your best shirt every time.” “Ah, but you see, each time you ruin one best shirt, another must take its place, and your aim is impeccable.”
“A chicken? A rotisserie chicken? Could you get any more Renfair cliché if you really, really tried, do you think?”
“I’ve never actually been to one of your Renaissance Fairs. I think it would be an amusing, if frustrating experience,”
they were still cats, and they had better things to do with their time than engage in a conversation with their pet changeling.
MOST MAGIC FALLS into one of three schools. Flower magic—illusions and wards—is inherited primarily through Titania. Water magic—transformation and healing—comes from Maeve. Blood magic, the magic of memory and theft, comes from Oberon.
“Love you can spend like currency isn’t really love.
