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61 " Recklessness had a price. Always. "
― Rachel E. Carter , Candidate (The Black Mage, #3)
62 " Ryiah.” Darren suddenly dropped my gaze, looking anywhere but my face. “If things were… If they were different- "
― Rachel E. Carter , Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)
63 " Isn't the best bit of truth always woven in with a lie? "
64 " You can't avoid them forever, Ry. You have to make a decision soon. It isn't fair what you are doing to either of them.I know. I'm just afraid of making the wrong one.You aren't afraid of making the wrong one, Ry, it's the fact that you want to make the wrong one. "
65 " I wanted to dance. I wanted to be swept up in the long desert night, sending a farewell to the fallen and embracing the living. "
66 " Pain will come and go, and you need to learn to push past it. If you are overwhelmed you won’t be able to do what needs to be done. "
― Rachel E. Carter , First Year (The Black Mage, #1)
67 " He kept me up against the wall, kissing me like he couldn't fight any longer. Like he was me, fighting himself and losing to a fervor that would burn him alive. "
68 " Well, future apprentice or not, no one is going to sway me but me. "
69 " Nine times out of ten a knight dies not because of a direct wound, but minor ones that amass over time. The smart enemies don't strike to kill. They just wait for you to do the work for them. "
70 " It wasn't always the easiest conversation, having someone else point out your flaws, but it was a necessary evil if we wanted to improve. Better to hear truth, a certain someone had said, than false flattery. "
71 " This wasn’t supposed to be how our story went. In fairy tales, the prince saved the girl. In mine, the princess destroyed him. "
― Rachel E. Carter , Last Stand (The Black Mage, #4)
72 " I don't want to choose him. I know a future with him would never be what I want it to be. "
73 " Warriors dealt with pain every day, and now that the worst of mine was gone, I was determined to do the same. "
74 " I never got a chance to ask,” he said quietly, “how you were faring. After the battle.” “Are you asking me now?” “I am.” “I’m fine.” I couldn’t think of what else to say. Anything else felt like a betrayal. “I’m glad. "
75 " I gave my all... for him. I only hoped it was enough "
76 " This was why people left the Academy. Eloise and Isaac took away our brains, Piers broke our bodies, and Cedric took what little magic we had and destroyed it. "
77 " It had been an assault of everything wrong and right, right and wrong, wrong and right. "
78 " Sir Piers spent the whole exercise shouting. I was convinced someone had told him the louder he yelled, the harder we'd try. It didn't work. "
79 " Why would one wish to live out an eternity remembering everything they lost? "
80 " People make mistakes all the time—some of us are just in more of a position to leave an impact when we do. "