Ties of Dust Quotes

“They’ll hurt you to get to me. They’ll kill you. And I’m very much afraid I’d start a war just to prevent it.” -Cassius”
― Deborah Grace White, Ties of Dust

“It’s not that I want to protect you, Flora. That would imply I want to see you in danger so as to have the satisfaction of being protector. Nothing could be further from the truth. But when I see you under attack, I find it impossible to simply stand by. Call yourself my bodyguard if you wish—it won’t change a thing.”
― Deborah Grace White, Ties of Dust: Tethered Hearts