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Having lived so long in the uncompromising sunlight of Hilo’s love, the absence of his affection was a lifeless and unending winter.
“Sometimes I think liars are almost as bad as thieves,” he said through a tight jaw. “They steal away trust, something that can’t be returned.”
“Don’t show off how much you hate a man until you’re ready to be his enemy,”
You’d think it would be easier to face death as you get older, but it doesn’t work that way. You get more attached to life, to people you love and things that are worth living for.”
he would remind himself that sometimes the most obvious solution required only the willingness to take the most unreasonable of actions.
“Good men are remembered with love by their friends,” declared the Spear of Kekon. “Great warriors are remembered with awe by their enemies.”
The way to defeat a chess master was not with greater genius, but by forcing her to play a different game.
“In this family, you can be honest and still shrewd. Jadeless and still a warrior.”
