“Svik should be more like me,” Røkia continued. “He should make a stone of his heart.” “I can see that would help avoid the pain of betrayal, true enough, but it also stops you feeling the joy of friendship or love,” Varg mumbled. Røkia
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“I’ll even return when you’re old and grey and Hreinasta abandons you for another. It may take a while, but I’ll always come for you.”
― The Scattered Bones
― The Scattered Bones
“I want, I lack, I hunger.”
― Hungerstone
― Hungerstone
“More generally, the idea that my husband existed before meeting me is surreal, even revolting.”
― My Husband
― My Husband
“I thought,” Phosyne says, slowly, “that you might not mind my death.” Voyne scowls. “You are mine to care for,” she says, too quickly.”
― The Starving Saints
― The Starving Saints
“Tears battled my will as I watched her pray. I craved her affection, her attention, her acknowledgment, but she offered none. I was an object to her, and it carved a jagged hole in my chest. I didn’t even need her to hug me. I simply hoped she would meet my gaze and ask me how I was, but she left with a prayer and a bow. Both aimed at the altar and not her daughter.”
― The Scattered Bones
― The Scattered Bones
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