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1 " Family. Friendship. Loyalty. These things have been my guiding stars, my light in these dark times. "
― John Gwynne , Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
2 " Two for vengeance. One for love. "
3 " It was no dream. The Ben-Elim, he gave me a choice. Go forward or go back. I wanted to cross over, to be with my kin, my friends. To find peace.´´Why did you come back, then?´Fidele asked him. ´Three reasons. Three people. Jael. Lykos. You.´He paused and looked up into her eyes. ´Two for vengeance. One for love.´She stared at him a long, timeless moment, then she leaned forwards and kissed him. Page 273 (Fidele and Maquin) "
4 " My da used to tell me, don’t hit if you can help it, but if you have to, hit fast, and hit hard. "
5 " How fickle are these men, who are swayed so by a little flattery. "
6 " We are what we choose to be. What makes a king a king? Is there something different about him? Does special, sacred blood run in his veins? No. He is chosen; he believes it, and the people believe. He rises to the task, or he fails it. "
7 " He does not want to lead, and that is a good start. Only the vain and foolish crave such a responsibility. "
8 " Life should be lived, and what is life without heart and passion? "
9 " YUK -Craf "
10 " Family is politics, the hottest forge you'll find. "
11 " You’ve done well,’ Sumur said, his voice a demonic rasp, ‘better than I’d ever have imagined, but the end is, has always been, inevitable. "
12 " the blow that ends the fight is the one your opponent doesn’t see coming. Make them look somewhere else, then make your move. "
13 " I am weak,’ the Kadoshim rasped. ‘This body is failing.’ ‘I warned you,’ Calidus said. ‘These bodies are still mortal. Soon it will die from loss of blood.’ ‘Help "
14 " How is it that you and Calidus are here? Made flesh?’ Meical looked into his cup, swirled it around. ‘It is part of the prophecy; one Ben-Elim, one Kadoshim. Part of Elyon’s fairness, I suppose. "
15 " She took a sip of the mead, the taste of honey combining with a pleasant heat in her belly. ‘It’s "
16 " Keep a close watch on the path you follow, my friend, else one day you will look about you and not know where you are. "