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“Bad ideas are my favorite kind.”

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“Dead men can't hold grudges.”

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“This is why I drink.” Lenos”

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“No London is truly without magic”

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“Kings need not raise their voices to be heard.”

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“The only relic from another life.”

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“There are no good men in this game.”

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“There are many shadows in the night.”

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“Dammit Bard, you're going to set the cat on fire.”

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“But time isn’t the same for the mad and the blind.”

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“Go clean up," he said softly, gently, the way a parent would to a child. Holland withdrew,”

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“It's a lie, you know, that you only get one story.”

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“I’m beginning to think that thrones make tyrants of us all.”

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“It does nothing to dwell on what’s been taken from you,” he snarled. “Nothing.”

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“Lila would rather steal a thing outright than be indebted to kindness.”

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“How could a city fall when so many were still fighting? Kell”

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“There was probably a spell, but Lila didn’t know it, and she was too tired to summon air or wood or anything…

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“This is how change happens. Not with a whisper and a wish like in those tales of yours, but with a well-executed…

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“I was in love once,” she added, as if it were an afterthought. “His name was Vik. I loved him the way…

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“Lila had never really bought into fate, but like most people who disavowed religion, she could summon a measure of belief when…

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“Dangerous. Reckless. Foolish. Mad. The words were beginning to feel more like badges of pride than blows. Downstairs,”

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“We're all here for a reason, Bard. Some reasons are just bigger than others. So I guess I'm not scared of who…

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“The world was a fragile place, full of cracks that didn’t always show. One misstep, and they might fissure, break. One wrong…

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“Hastra handed him a blanket. "Shouldn't you take off her knives?" "There's not enough tonic in the world to risk it," said…

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“Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn’t let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the…

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“Why?" asked Kell. "So you can use my magic to lure people into your bed?" "A find idea," said Rhy. "But no.…

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“People steal because taking something gives them something. If they’re not in it for the money, they’re in it for control. The…

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“Easy when you didn’t care, when people came onto the page and walked away again, back to their own stories, and you…

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“When a friend left, with little chance of seeing home, they said anoshe. When a loved one was dying, they said anoshe.…

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“Delilah Bard had a way of finding trouble. She’d always thought it was better than letting trouble find her, but floating in…

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“You drugged her?" " It was Tieren's order, " said Hastra, chastised. "He said she was mad and stubborn and no use…

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“But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics.…

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“She sank her teeth into his bottom lip, drawing blood, and gave a wicked laugh, and still he kissed her. Not out…

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“The king shoved past his own guard, scouring the balcony, while Alucard shielded Rhy, who had one hand to his chest as…

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“And then, Kell watched with horror as his echo began to unfasten his tunic, one button at a time. Kell gave a…

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“Kell looked down at Delilah Bard, a cutthroat and a thief, a valiant partner and a strange, terrifying girl. He would see…

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“This was the story of a prince who watched over his city as it slept. Who went on foot, for fear of…

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“Growing up, his parents had written off his dreams as simply an effect of his reading too many novels, disappearing for hours…

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“Sleep is for the rich and the bored.”

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“Mysteries are always more exciting than truths”

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