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The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

1 " There comes an inevitable time in every life when we must cross a threshold and encounter that invisible divider between who we are and who we must become. Sometimes, the passage is evident - a sudden catastrophe that tests our mettle, a tragic loss that opens our eyes to the bane of our mortality, or a personal triumph that instills in us the confidence we need to cast aside our fears. Other times, our passage is obscured by the minutiae of an overcrowded life until we catch it in a glimpse of forbidden desire; in an inexplicable sense of melancholic emptiness or a craving for more, always more, than what we already possess.

Sometimes we embrace the chance to embark on our passage, welcoming it as a chance to finally shed the adolescent skin and prove our worth against the incessant vagaries of fate. Other times, we rail against its unexpected cruelty, against the sharp thrust into a world we're not ready to explore, one we do not know or trust. For us, the past is a haven that we are loathe to depart, lest the future corrupt our soul.

Better not to change at all, rather than become someone we will not recognize. "

― C.W. Gortner , The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2)

2 " Was it worth it?" she sighed "I have found it is always worth fighting for what we believe in, regardless of the outcome. Risk is never without consequence. "

― C.W. Gortner , The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2)

3 " I never much cared for religion. I don’t think God does, either. "

― C.W. Gortner , The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2)

4 " I never much cared for religion. I don’t think God does, either.” I was struck by how he had unwittingly described my own opinion. I, too, often wondered if one faith was any better than the other, considering how much blood had been spilled, but I kept my doubts hidden, for it was never safe to speculate aloud about religion. "

― C.W. Gortner , The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2)

5 " She demands more than she ever gives and rarely shows any gratitude. I hope you’re prepared. The only thing she hates more than being told what to do is being told what she should not do. "

― C.W. Gortner , The Tudor Conspiracy (The Spymaster Chronicles, #2)