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“Oh. Good,” I said, nonplussed. I leaned back, gazing down at the book in my hands, trying desperately to think of something to say. “You know, Kipling was a horrible racist.” Oh, for God’s sake.
“This is my choice, and I choose you, Donatella. I don’t need immortality. You’re my forever.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Your ridiculous family might be surprised to find that not everything is solved by murder,” Locke calls after me.
“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― The Wicked King
“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― The Wicked King
“Just because something is real doesn't mean you believe in it.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Everywhere there is beauty, my dear. And those who draw our eye, our ear, any bit of our attention to this beauty are the artists among us. Whether the beauty is a sculpture or a piece of jewelry. A sonata or a sitting room. A well-told story or a well-proportioned building, or even a well-oiled machine. Let us never minimize the gifts of those who bring us beauty in whatever form they are skilled to bring it.”
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
― Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
“If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
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