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1 " The big man glanced at the princess in chains for permission, hefting his axe suggestively. Jael expected her to nod and give him the go-ahead to serve as her executioner. Instead, she put out a hand and took the weapon from him. Her green eyes were like chips of jade in her pale, bloody countenance. This was the face of the Dread Queen."Kneel," she commanded, and the command had an inexorable weight.Not only did Priest drop to his knees, so did the other men in the vicinity; two belonged to Silence. The Speaker frowned at this.In a single swing, she took her enemy's head. The crowd roared.And Jael fell a little in love. "
― Ann Aguirre , Perdition (Dred Chronicles, #1)
2 " But Perdition was a much asylum as prison, and when you were standing in somebody else's delusions, it was both polite and politic to play along. "
3 " Hell is our own memories, our bad choices. "
4 " He cocked his head, listening, then whispered to the big man, "We've got a group of four, incoming. Don't scare them off with your stench."Einar growled back, "I smell like angels at sunrise.""Dead ones," a small man cracked. "
5 " Hope is a waking dream," Jael quoted softly. "And it's the last thing to go. It torments you like a bird killing itself slowly against the glass. "
6 " Sometimes certainty can sound an awful lot like madness. "
7 " In a place like this, there would be petty despots. Factions. This was a sunless world where madness and depravity reigned. "
8 " Death is inexorable but not treacherous. "
9 " It made no sense that he'd encounter loyalty like this inside Perdition, where the worst of humanity was imprisoned. But maybe there are a few of the best, too. "
10 " Come with me and you may not die. There was no reason to be more persuasive. The smart ones listened. "
