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Son of War, Daughter of Chaos QUOTES

Son of War, Daughter of Chaos QUOTES

1 " after a few centuries, the new pharaohs saw our kind as a threat instead of an asset. Too many of us existed. Had we wanted to, we could have challenged the pharaoh’s armies. Pharaoh Mentuhotep the Second changed our name to the Setites, followers of the god Set, god of chaos, mischief, and evil. "

― Janette Rallison , Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

2 " The man was dead and being judged in the afterlife by the gods. A scale held his heart on one side and a feather—the symbol of Maat, the goddess of truth and justice–on the other. If the man’s heart was weighed down by guilt, it would be heavier than the feather, and the scale would tip toward his damnation. A monster stood by the scale, ready to devour the man’s heart if it proved unworthy. The words of one of the heart scarabs came to my mind, and I murmured them out loud. “Let not my heart bear witness against me. "

― Janette Rallison , Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

3 " Let’s (first single quote is backwards) just be friends’ usually works.” Roark "

― Janette Rallison , Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

4 " Hi, Dane. Miss me?"

He let out a laugh that sounded more ironic than amused. "Every day. And especially when it rains. "

― Janette Rallison , Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

5 " If genetic manipulation is such a good idea,” he said, slowing his pace because we’d almost reached my first-period class, “then why not perform it on the human population too?” (since this is a continuation of the sentence, does it need to be set up like this? [class, “then]. Unless it’s fine the first way, I’m not sure.) I leaned against the wall. “It’s one thing to make a mistake on an ear of corn; it’s another to make a mistake on a human being.” “Right,” he said, imbuing his words with meaning. “We wouldn’t "

― Janette Rallison , Son of War, Daughter of Chaos