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It was cowardice, he knew, but cowardice came so much easier than hope.
“Life isn’t made of choices,” said Holland. “It’s made of trades. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have a cost.”
You wanted him to kill for me, die for me, protect me at all costs. Well, Mother, you got your wish. You simply failed to realize that that kind of love, that bond, it goes both ways. I would kill for him, and I would die for him, and I will protect him however I am able, from Faro and Vesk, from White London, and Black London, and from you.”
Lila had always thought of secrets like gold coins. They could be hoarded, or put to use, but once you spent them, or lost them, it was a beast to get your hands on more.
“Well,” she said, “you’re either lucky or blessed. Take your pick.” Lenos cracked a nervous smile. “Which would you choose?” Ear to the wood, she listened for signs of life. Nothing. “Me?” she said, pushing open the doors. “I’d choose clever.”
“Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. They rise together. The more we love, the more we have to lose. But the only way to avoid loss is to avoid love. And what a sad world that would be.”
People spoke of love as if it were an arrow. A thing that flew quick, and always found its mark. They spoke of it as if it were a pleasant thing, but Maxim had taken an arrow once, and knew it for what it was: excruciating.
A myth without a voice is like a dandelion without a breath of wind. No way to spread the seeds.
