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21 " And off she goes,” Sanjeet murmured. His voice was cavernous, even against the roar of the waves. “Bent on winning freedom for the entire world. Tarisai of Swana.” He laughed, a gentle growl that made my insides restless. “She would have us be masters of our own fates, whether we like it or not. "
― Jordan Ifueko , Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
22 " B-But . . . what good is a v-voice with no st-story to tell? "
― Jordan Ifueko , Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)
23 " You caged me like a bird. But you cannot make me sing. "
24 " People never listen to what you want. They listen to who you are. "
25 " I need help," I said.The words echoed in my ears. I blinked, stunned at how natural they sounded. Why hadn't I said them before? "
26 " Why does everyone hate change so much?" I demanded."Because things could get worse.""Maybe. But do you know what I think?" My chest throbbed. "I think deep down, we're afraid that things could get better. Afraid to find out that all the evil - all the suffering we ignore - could have been prevented. If only we cared enough to try. "
27 " Peace comes when stories are celebrated, not erased. "
28 " Don't worry," I told her. "No matter how bleak the world gets, I'll make sure there's always a corner to plant flowers. "
29 " If one person understands another completely—from their deepest pain to their most passing thought—I think they can’t help but love each other. I think . . .” Dayo gave me a small smile and shrugged, crinkling his burn scar. “When you take someone’s story as your own, it’s no different than loving yourself. "
30 " But I knew, deep down, that love had never fixed anyone. It had only given them the strength to try over, and over, and over again. "
― Jordan Ifueko
31 " But you didn’t. You stayed because Artisar had just lost its emperor, and Dayo needed you. Artisar needed you. It’s who you are, Jeet. It’s who I am, too. We weren’t raised to see the world as a small place, where nothing matters but our happiness. That isn’t our story. And . . . I don’t think it ever will be. "
32 " You had enough faith in me to cross a firepit,' Sanjeet said. 'For everyone's sake, Tar, have that faith in yourself. "
33 " And the more I learn, the farther I feel. I don’t know where home is anymore. "
34 " You are all the same, young people. Full of questions and deaf to ugly answers. Leaving your safe homes, your warm beds because—let me guess—you want to follow your heart. "
35 " The ruling barely solved anything. But he had made my plans feel like fishing for the moon, while his looked so...plausible. Was it better to have a perfect solution that I couldn't enforce? Or a weak solution that everyone loved? "
36 " The only thing more powerful than a wish is a purpose. "
37 " I think I’d rather be hated as a weakling than loved as a monster. "
38 " The more I learn, the more I think the only decent way to use power is to share it with others. Maybe there shouldn’t be rulers—at least, not in the way we think. Maybe emperors—and kings, and queens, and Raybearers—should just be people who make sure power flows to everyone. "
39 " The place closest to your soul isn't your heart," Kirah explained. "It's your stomach. Anger, love, and sorrow simmer together there, like bubbles in a cauldron. People of the Wing believe that when the Pelican breathed each soul into being, it wrote two secrets on a burning coal: your greatest good and your best desire. You swallowed the coal before being born, and it burned in your belly. That's why we wail as newborns, Mama would say. "
40 " You caged me like a bird, but you could not make me sing. "