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Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1) Gild by Raven Kennedy
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“A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“It’s the arrogance of men, to think so little of women. And it’ll be their downfall too.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Men making deals on the behalf of women never seems to go very well for the women.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“You can have all the gold in the world and yet lack everything of real worth.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“But memory and time aren’t friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I wish I could string up the sun and keep it tied in the sky, but wishes are for stars, and I hardly get to see any of those anyway.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Does it really matter if your cage is solid gold when you aren't allowed to leave it? A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I’m ridiculously fun. You kind of have to be when the only person you hang out with is you. I wouldn’t want to bore myself.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“To the ones who try, but can’t see the stars. Keep looking up.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“You are worth more than all the gold in this castle. But I still own you, and I will spend you any way I see fit.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“You can pretend a lot of things in life. You can pretend so well that you even start to believe your own deceit. We’re all actors; we’re all on pedestals with a spotlight shining on us, playing whatever part we need to in order to make it through the day—in order to help ourselves sleep at night.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Mouth dribbles red life, breath like choked water. Blue-tinged lips to match his eyes as they rain. My heart shatters itself against my ribs. He looks at me, my teardrops landing on his. I sob. He shudders. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” I cry. Lying for him, as he did for me. And with his last breath, he nods.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Why am I so cursed to endure the greed of men?”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I cried beneath my parents’ kisses, but they told me to go. To be brave. That they would see me soon. One order, one urge, one lie.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Despite what I look like, I’m not a coin to be spent.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“But a simple friendship. Just two people who enjoy talking to each other, who can share stories and meet in laughter, conspiring only for one another’s amusement.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“When I chose to hide away, I was barely more than a girl. Vulnerable. Battered. Scattered. Utterly sick of what the world had to offer.

So I hid in a cage, and I was content to do so. After the things I endured, I wanted it. I accepted the bars, embraced them, even - not to keep me in, but to keep others out.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“And I’m terrified that one wrong step will have me tipping right over the edge, headfirst into a fall that I can’t recover from.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“One should never decide something as serious as bangs when they have a bottle of wine in their stomachs.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“But memory and time aren't friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap. They fight, and we inexplicably lose. Memory and time. Always losing one as you go on with the other.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“But memory and time aren’t friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap. They fight, and we inexplicably lose. Memory and time. Always losing one as you go on with the other. I can’t recall what my mother’s face”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“Are you a princess?” an older girl asks, but I smile and shake my head. “No. Are you?” The children all scoff together, trading looks. “You think princesses live in the shanties like street urchins?” I lower my hood and give her a conspiratorial smile. “Maybe hidden princesses do.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I never misplaced my innocence. It wasn’t my own doing from a forgetful lack of care. It was taken from me, one cruel exploit at a time.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“And that, that secret sob I let drain into my pillow, is an ugly truth. But it’s not one I’m ready to face yet.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“When I chose to hide away, I was barely more than a girl. Vulnerable. Battered. Scared. Utterly sick of what the world had to offer.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“The soft, hovering snowfall is gone, and in its place is a punishing surge, frozen rain sluicing down like spikes.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I keep waiting for rescue to come, for a dawn to bloom, for a star to hatch, for a hope to surface. But it doesn’t.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“You can pretend a lot of things in life. You can pretend so well that you even start to believe your own deceit. We’re all actors; we’re all on pedestals with a spotlight shining on us, playing whatever part we need to in order to”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“As if I could run away from my own disappointments. As if I could avoid my hurts, my shame, my dark thoughts that creep out every time I close my eyes for sleep.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild
“I realize how much I’ve wished for this, this connection with another person. Not an alliance for similar goals, not anything driven by politics or society or even lust. But a simple friendship. Just two people who enjoy talking to each other, who can share stories and meet in laughter, conspiring only for one another’s amusement.”
Raven Kennedy, Gild

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