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“The fabric of the universe needs to be in peril.”
My anxiety in my brain 24/7:
“Everything happens according to Domi’s will, child,” Omin answered. “However, I do not think that ‘curse’ is the right word. At times, Domi sees fit to send disasters upon the world; other times He will give the most innocent of children a deadly disease. These are no more curses than what happened to Elantris—they are simply the workings of the world. All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise—some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is
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“Truth can never be defeated, Sarene. Even if people do forget about it occasionally.”
After all, Jaddeth had created all men—even the heretics.
“The oppression of the few brings salvation to the many?”
“We’re not dead, Galladon, and we’re not damned. We’re just unfinished.”
She craved something—a sign that at least some of the men found her attractive, though she would never respond to any advances.
Oh come on. You are such a baddass bitch. You don't need a man. Why does every FMC, no matter how strong and independent they are, have to be written with the "I need a man" characteristic trait. So typical...
Why, in the blessed name of Domi, she wondered, does everyone in this country feel so threatened by an assertive woman?
They fear what they cannot control.
The problem with being clever, Sarene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you’re always planning something.
“Love is independent of time,
“Raoden, I was going to marry Roial last week. He was a dear old man, but he was so incredibly homely that rocks looked handsome when he stood next to them.”
Lol
