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1 " I say, 'But he does not have you,' and I kiss her through the orchard gate. It's a kiss I have longed to take. A kiss that gently tugs at Astrid's seething power, at the wildness inside both of us. It's sweet and feels like a confession: I love her. "
― Tessa Gratton , The Lost Sun (The United States of Asgard, #1)
2 " I don't remember everything that happened, and I'm looking forward to the tale. But I know, I feel, that it was good. Even if I did die. It was a damn excellent dream. "
3 " Dreams are sometimes all we have. "
4 " There are some consequences so unacceptable we have to fight against them every day. "
5 " I know grief, and it is a chasm. "
6 " My power is a dance. I am its partner, not its slave. "
7 " I can feel her hunger, can see the want in her eyes. Her teeth grow sharp - sharp enough to eat me. And she wants to. She lets me see it, lets me feel the churning hunger that is so like rage. It gasps and begs in her stomach, the way my frenzy cuts and spirals in my chest. "
8 " Consequences. They rage inside me, that black chaos of night sky wedged under my ribs. There are some consequences so unacceptable we have to fight against them every day. "
9 " And like that, our destinies snap together. "
10 " You know how, when you dream, sometimes you don't remember anything but what kind of dream it was? Frightening or hilarious or just strange? How there's only the feeling of it like a ghost in your mind? "
11 " Under the sun, and to the edges of the world. "
12 " An unused weapon is a danger to its owner, as much as to others. "
13 " The man who became our friend is only a dream. "
14 " My mom used to say that in the United States of Asgard, you can feel the moments when the threads of destiny knot together, to push you or pull you or crush you. But only if you're paying attention. "
15 " Soren, this is my mother, Jenna Glyn. Mom, this is Soren, my ...' She blinks and shakes her head before saying, '... my everything.' Jenna's eyes widen in horror, and I don't mind because I dislike her, too. Vehemently. "
16 " I will never forget you,' she whispers, 'and somewhere inside, you'll know. "
17 " The morning news hour ends with Evelyna Salsdottir, the champion poet of New Asgard, reciting her award-winning song “Sunfall in Mesa Verde.” It’s about vanishing people, and the memories they leave behind, like the longest shadows cast as the sun sets. "
18 " Back in the car, we pass turnoffs for the Lakotas Buffalo Reservation and several pioneer homesteads turned into state monuments. There are bronze National Historic Site markers every five miles or so along the road. The quiet, the utter lack of people makes me feel watched. I continue glancing in the rearview as I drive, searching for pursuit. "
19 " You're mine tonight,' she says. "
20 " After raging, you need meat or water or alcohol or sex. Sometimes all of the above. "