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1 " Death fed life. "
― Robin Hobb , The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1)
2 " That is true. I could not prevent what was done to me, nor can I change what people made of me. But I know what I am and have decided to continue being what I am. "
3 " Even the homeliest girl secretly dreams that a man might fall in love with her inner spirit. "
4 " Any human who dared to attack a dragon deserved to die himself. And dead, of what use was he, unless someone ate him? She didn’t see why leaving a human to be eaten by worms was more acceptable. "
5 " All that is of dragons belongs only to dragons. "
6 " She fell silent, overcome at what humans, in their ignorance, had done. "
7 " Look at her. The sun soaks right int her and shines back out of her. She’s magnificent. "
8 " Reality is often unkind to legends. "
9 " Vultures and peacocks might both have feathers and beaks, but one did not confuse the two creatures. "
10 " Some memories are best left undisturbed. Sometimes, if you forget something, it's because it's better forgotten. "
11 " Wherever there is change, a clever man can find a profit. "
12 " And I'd like to sleep!""Sleep, then. It's good practice for death. "
13 " Hate you?" Paragon slowly digested her words before he spoke again. He did not turn to look at her, but kept his eyes focused on the river ahead of him as the ship moved steadily against the current. "Why would I waste my time with hate? What was done to me was unforgivable of course. Completely unforgivable. Those who did it are no longer alive to be punished or to apologize. Even if they were and did, it would not undo what they did. The torments I endured cannot be undone. The stolen future cannot be given back to me, "
14 " Why would I waste my time with hate? What was done to me was unforgivable, of course. Completely unforgivable. Those who did it are no longer alive to be punished or to apologize. Even if they were and did, it would not undo what they did. "
15 " She felt silence growing in her. Sometimes it reminded her of a fast-growing ivy; silence covered her and cloaked her, and she suspected that one day she would smother in the silences Hest could create. It was an effort to break through that strangling quiet, but she did it. "
16 " I haven’t forgiven anything. And I don’t believe in the "us" you think I might take vengeance on. You didn’t do this to me. But even if you had, killing you would not undo it. "
17 " A few of the other Traders who dispute that the dragons are anything but animals said that she was taking the matter too seriously, that creatures that can only communicate with some people rather than everyone should not be treated as if they are equal to humans. And then, of course, the arguments degenerated. Some demanded to know if that meant speakers of foreign languages were not full humans. Someone else quipped that surely. "
18 " It is irony, is it not, that you live so short a time, and waste so much of it being stupid? "
19 " He wants to be the leader of the dragon keepers, so he just asks as if he is. And hopes everyone will fall into line. It's so infuriating that some of them do. The truth is no one was put in charge among us. We're all free to do our own jobs. But Greft is very good at causing discord among those who refuse to concede to him. Like Tats and Me. Usually Tats and I get along very well. Then Greft came along and he just seems to enjoy making trouble and maniupating people. Sometimes it seems if he can't force us to do what he wants he focuses on making us as miserable as possible. "
