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21 " How horrible and strange it was to think that one human being could own another "
― Rebecca Crunden , A Promise of Return (The Outlands Pentalogy #3)
22 " Thom leaned back against the fence, completely drained. 'I should've listened to my brother.''Hes a smart one, your brother?''He knows who not to trust,' said Thom wearily. 'I believed I knew enough to circumvent danger.''Arrogance is the downfall of even the best man.'Thom snorted. 'I never thought of myself as arrogant.''The arrogant never do.' Kayta winked at him... "
23 " Markas pursed his lips. He did not confirm or deny it. He said, 'Try as we might to control human nature and prevent it from destroying what we have endeavoured so ardently to preserve, there is always one thing that cannot be contained. I suppose we're lucky it's love of a brother that consumes you, rather than love of freedom or power. Yet I am the King. You are nothing.'Thom took another sip and shrugged. 'Your father was nothing until he became something. The son of a seamstress and janitor, I believe. Birth is of no consequence to anyone who knows how to win.'Rather than appearing Insulted, Markas looked impressed. 'How do you know that?'Thom had to fight down his smirk of satisfaction. He greatly enjoyed surprising those who underestimated him.... "
24 " Spared did not mean saved, however. Not in Cutta. "
25 " For all Nate's strengths, all his fights in the school yard, all the ways he proved himself to be the stronger of the two brothers, Nate had never been able to stand against their father. A childhood of being abused had done irreversible damage. His powerful, rash, wild brother crumpled like paper before their father's wrath. "
26 " All pieces must play their part, little queen. I mean to cross your path again. Helping will bring you no harm – nor anyone else. I can make certain everyone leaves alive. "
― Rebecca Crunden , A Game of Wings and Marks
27 " But if the night’s events hadn’t made sense then, they made even less sense now. And five years had served only to drive him mad with unanswered questions. "
― Rebecca Crunden , Haze
28 " Anais is one of the few places in the world where scars can be erased by creams and lotions. I hate that I know that now. I hate that I've seen how many things can be erased, as if they never happened. As if the damage was all a dream. "
― Rebecca Crunden , A History of Madness (The Outlands Pentalogy #2)
29 " You cannot live in a cage forever, darling,' he said. 'Humans were meant to be free. One day you'll wish you came with me.''Dangerous words.''We're dangerous creatures; some of us have just forgotten how. "
30 " Kitty looked at him, her eyes so open and genuine that he felt like he'd just been run over. The tattoo on her face had long stopped reminding him of Gabriel. The most beautiful thing in the world to him now bore the thing he most desired to be. It was impossible not to adore that. "
31 " But the look on her face was more fearsome than a lion. He had always known her defiance burned brighter than most. She wasn't like him. He ran when damaged. She fought back even harder. "
32 " Tommy was the armour and Nate was the sword, and together they made an unconquerable match. "
33 " Freedom was there for those who sought it. They had lost more than their share along the way, and the unfairness of that would never be rectified, but freedom stood wide open and welcoming, and he felt faint at the sight of it. "
34 " His parting conversation with Tommy would haunt him for eternity. 'I could find you even in death, brother. "
35 " In the midst of dealing with the wretched - and to him unbelievable - loss of the only thing he had ever loved, Nate found himself loving the woman who loved his brother almost as much as he did. "
36 " Name?' the man asked, still not looking up, clearly unbothered by the arrival of another convict. He must have seen hundreds by this point.'Anteros,' said Nate with a grimace. He hated his name.'Oh!' The man's head shot up, eyes wide with surprise. He appraised Nate for a moment, unabashedly curious. 'You don't look much like your capture.''More handsome?''Thinner,' said the man critically. 'And you've lost a lot of hair. Cut it yourself?''I let the rats I was living with chew it off. I'm told I taste like strawberries. "
37 " Darling?'She looked at him. 'Yeah?''Are you afraid of anything?'Kitty nodded. 'I didn't used to be.''I'm afraid of everything.''Why?''I've never been given a reason not to be. "
38 " Nate smiled to himself as Tommy's face swam into his mind. 'Hes the only person in the world I have always known without question to be mine. If Kitty...' His throat tightened and he had to clear it several times before the words formed. 'You may not have noticed but I don't care much for life. There's plenty awaiting me in the next life, and I'm certain it will be less painful. I stay alive for her, and because I cannot yet believe my brother dead.' He smoked for a second before continuing. 'I’ve asked other siblings about it before. Siblings I know to love each other undeniably; siblings who do anything for each other. I've never met another pair like us. The only thing I've ever believed in is Tommy. "
39 " I envy your lady a bit. She's lucky.'That gave him pause. 'Kitty? Whatever for? Are you harbouring some deep longing to Complement a rotund leech?''It's hard not to envy the one who is held in such high regard by someone so passionate,' she mused. 'It's like you're ready to burst with all the fire you feel. It's intoxicating.''Not to me,' he said. 'It's horrible.''Caring?''Yes. I don't recommend it at all. "
40 " Kitty sat down beside him. 'Do you remember the last time we were trudging around a mountain?'Nate snorted. 'God, that feels so long ago.'She passed him a bottle of water. 'I kind of hated you then.''Kind of? Darling, with the amount of vitriol you spat my way it's a wonder I ever liked you at all.' He reached out and brushed sweaty hair away from her eyes. "Then again, perhaps not. I would have loved you either way. "