"Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the……" — Catherine Fisher
"Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers."
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34 Quotes by Catherine Fisher
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Freedom is a small price to pay for survival.
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Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison.
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Shadow turned. Her eyes were wet; she smiled at him wanley. "I'll be she loved you.
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The Stars. Jared slept beneath them, uneasy in the rustling leaves. From the battlements Finn gazed up at them, seeing…
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Underground, the stars are legend.
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Walls have ears. Doors have eyes. Trees have voices. Beasts tell lies. Beware the rain. Beware the snow. Beware the…
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All my years to this moment All my roads to this wall. All my words to this silence All my…
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I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words,…
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The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of…
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Despair is deep. An abyss that swallows dreams. A wall at the world's end. Behind it I await death. Because…
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And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?
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