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101 " Kyder spins so many webs, casts so many nets. Conversation with him usually leads to a trap, and agreement usually leads to a coffin. "
― Halo Scot , Eye of the Brave (Rift Cycle, #3)
102 " I will give you more than vengeance; I will give you victory. "
― Halo Scot , The Heartbeat of a Million Dreams
103 " Fight this, Sira. No excuses. No regrets. Die as you lived. "
104 " Baize thinks I want his forgiveness, for us to be “buddies.” But friends make me rashy, and I’d trade likability for respectability any day of the week. "
105 " Use a weapon too soon, and it backfires. Use a weapon too late, and it burns out. "
106 " I was self-loathing and self-abusive—I hurt myself before and more than anyone could hurt me. "
107 " Happiness has a habit of erasing decency. That’s why I do my best to practice misery. "
108 " Don’t get sappy on me, Apolli. I rely on you for a steady stream of violence and debauchery. "
109 " They sent us here to die, but we survived, and to thrive, we must push harder, reach farther, and fight our fingers to the bones to become knives in Earth’s twisted heart. "
110 " People are as replaceable as hats. "
― Halo Scot , Echoes of Blood (Rift Cycle, #2)
111 " I fell for them both. Hard. My balance shifted, my focus faded, and the ground tilted beneath my feet. An avalanche led toward them, no matter how high I climbed. "
112 " He thinks himself a monster, a villain, as I’m sure he insists to you. But I see, as I’ve always seen, his truth in the gray. His balance in the middle. The bad he does for good reasons. "
113 " A sacrifice. The last of many. The first of more. Die so others may live in peace. "
― Halo Scot , Elegy of the Void (Rift Cycle, #4)
114 " Each word is quieter than the last. Each sentence reaches back through time. "
115 " Aim higher. Do something bigger. Something better. Don’t end up like me. "
116 " Sweet release. Beautiful surrender. I promised you violence, did I not? "
117 " Their death wish upon a star for me is all that keeps me standing. "
118 " For most, handwriting reveals character. For me, the pen is a weapon in my arsenal, the ink a splatter of personalities I rotate between. Each blot is a Rorschach test only I can see. I am not one character; I am an ensemble. "
119 " I neither deserve nor trust joy. It’s the breath before the storm. The gas before the explosion. I’ve lit too many fires to escape life unburned. "
120 " We are the monsters at the edge of the breach. Damned by echoes of blood. Lost in the Eye of the Brave. Haunted by the elegy of the void. "