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81 " After all, the Hangman loved his daughter. "
― Rebecca Crunden , A Dance of Lies (The Outlands Pentalogy #4)
82 " In my city,' he began, wiping his hands on his trousers, 'cuttans are as valuable as favours, as valuable as faith. Whether the game you're playing has a game of cuttans, of gold, of jewels, of favours - even of bodies - there's always someone to buy. And rich people buy more than most. Nothing is more appealing to a Council member than power over another. So, you let them think they have that power and then you get what you need. True power is knowing what everyone wants. Many want me. I've known that since I was a little boy. It's how I got so far. People talk when they think they have control over you. I've a decade's worth of secrets to exploit, given to me with no thought for the consequences by the most powerful figures in the Kingdom. "
― Rebecca Crunden , A Time of Prophecy (The Outlands Pentalogy #5)
83 " Silence took hold as it always did when they reached the side streets, moving through the shadows like the night incarnate. Thorn’s mother used to tell her that she’d been born with dark eyes and dark hair because the universe wanted to protect her. She could blend in with the forest during the day and fold into the darkness like a child of the moon. "
― Rebecca Crunden , These Violent Nights
84 " Wonderful as that sounded, Kitty's chest shuddered as she voiced her next fears. 'How can I bring someone into this world when their parents have both been raped and tortured in it? When their uncle has been eaten alive and forced to murder innocents? When everyone they'll know has been scared or scarred in one way or another?''Yes,' said Riddle, 'and we're all still here. We're together. The world and its demons may try and drag us down, but we are proof that they can be fought and conquered, that goodness can follow ill. Evil things happen, Kitty, but should you have children, they will be brought into a new world. A world of halfbloods and new beginnings. A world of two kingdoms instead of one. And there is hope in that. "
85 " I keep thinking about it,' she murmured. 'The Last War, the Kingdom, the Plague...If we don't do something, we'll never be safe. It won't matter how many walls are between us and them. At some point, they'll want to come over. At some point, they'll kill us just because they hate us. "
86 " Eventually even those who avoided the world were drawn into its madness. "
― Rebecca Crunden , Dust & Lightning