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His curtness she could meet and match with her own flippancy, guarding herself as with a fencer's foil. His kindness was like fencing with the sea, her strokes going soft and losing all volition. She flinched from the smile, and his face fell, then became closed and grave again.
— Dec 22, 2015 08:58AM
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Simply Sam
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Finished with the first book, Shard's of Honor. Reviewed it separately.
— Jan 02, 2016 11:20PM

Simply Sam
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"We're both looking for the same thing. We call it by different names, and look in different places. I believe he calls it honor. I guess I'd call it the grace of God. We both come up empty, mostly."
— Jan 02, 2016 04:07AM

Simply Sam
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This is not going at all the way I thought it would. That's a good thing I think..
— Dec 31, 2015 08:08AM

Simply Sam
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"It isn't exactly like waking from the nightmare, to see your face." He touched it gently, fingertips on the curve of her jaw, thumb laid a moment across her lips, lighter than a kiss. "More like, knowing, while dreaming still, that beyond the dream there is a waking world. I mean to join you in that waking world, someday. You'll see. You'll see."
— Dec 30, 2015 03:35AM

Simply Sam
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Uh, hello. That came out of nowhere! I'm still not sure how I feel about this one. It definitely feels a little dated at times (to me anyway) especially in the interactions between the men and women. Like, it is extraordinary that she is a female commander who is not just imitating a man. Hmmm...
— Dec 23, 2015 11:45AM

Simply Sam
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Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you.
— Dec 23, 2015 12:48AM