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We Who Will Die (Empire of Blood, #1) We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
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“One of my worst realizations was how many people will—without a second thought—trade other people’s freedoms for their own minor comforts.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“I missed you more than I miss the sun.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“That’s the thing about rights—you don’t realize you’ve taken them for granted until one day, you wake up, and they're no longer a right. They're a privilege reserved for other people.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Loving an addict is like being an addict yourself. Only you’re addicted to hope. You constantly tell yourself that this time will be different. Things will get better. And always”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Do you truly believe people are just one thing? Entirely good or entirely evil? Is it really that simple for you?”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Women have been each other's sword and shield since the beginning. When men turn against us, we turn to one another.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“He tastes like lost dreams and a thousand sleepless nights. He tastes like young love and bitter heartbreak.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“It takes strength to mourn. It’s . . . it’s easier to wrap yourself in numb apathy and refuse to think of the people you’ve lost”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“There’s no worse feeling than watching someone you love die. The helplessness slices you into pieces. And grief sets those pieces on fire. Until you’re nothing but ash.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“You were broken before you even walked in here”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“I don’t want to be your friend, Velle. I want to be your everything. I’ve wanted that since the day we met, when I was too young to understand why I would become so jealous of anyone else who got to spend time with you while I was gone.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“The pain of loss never ends. It never gets better. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. The agony of “what if” eats at you hour by hour”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“That’s the thing about rights—you don’t realize you’ve taken them for granted until one day, you wake up, and they’re no longer a right. They’re a privilege reserved for other people.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Women have been each other’s sword and shield since the beginning. When men turn against us”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“I know you’re here,” Rorrik purrs. “You better run”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“A newly awakened bronze sigilmarked might barely stir the wind—just enough to send leaves skittering across the ground. But as their power matures”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“The emperor’s entertainment is about keeping the masses happy”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“All this time I thought leaving you had smashed my heart into pieces”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Is there anything else you need to tell me?” “White isn’t your color. You look like a corpse.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“I was obsessed with you for years before I left. I used to sneak into your room just to watch you breathe. I waited”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“All this time I thought leaving you had smashed my heart into pieces, and I'd be picking shards from my chest until the day I died. But my heart wasn't smashed. I left it with you, and you've held it hostage ever since.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“All this time I thought leaving you had smashed my heart into pieces, and I’d be picking shards from my chest until the day I died. But my heart wasn’t smashed. I left it with you, and you’ve held it hostage ever since.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Loving an addict is like being an addict yourself.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“That’s the thing about rights—you don’t realize you’ve taken them for granted until one day”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“The message is simple. Your gods can’t help you here.”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“His mother,” Maeva murmurs”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“I missed you more than I miss the sun,” he says”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“Translation: Times have been tough”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“For six years”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die
“When you love an addict”
Stacia Stark, We Who Will Die

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