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21 " Be angry, don’t be cruel. "
― Bella Forrest , The Gender Secret (The Gender Game, #2)
22 " Keeping secrets is the cancer that is slowly killing Matrus and Patrus. Given enough time, and lies, both places would fail, and the last vestiges of humanity would disappear from this earth. I don’t have time for it. And also, I have found that honesty can inspire people. I won’t let my people go into any situation against their will, and I won’t lie to spare them uncomfortable truths about what they are getting into. It builds trust, and separates me from Matrus and Patrus. I don’t have time to be anything but honest. "
23 " I had believed, foolishly, that if I just told the truth, I would be believed, but nobody cared about the story of a criminal. "
24 " She had reminded me what it was like to feel connected to another human being; to discover a kindred spirit in a world of meaningless interactions. "
25 " When society believes that an eye for an eye is acceptable, eventually everyone will go blind. "
26 " I knelt in front of the throne as the crown was lowered onto my head. The crowd that filled the royal courtyard gave a half-hearted cheer. I could sense their pain and confusion. They had not been given enough time to mourn—none of us had. My mother’s death had come too soon, and nobody had been prepared. "
27 " Violet’s hand on my shoulder jerked my mind back to reality. I had been running on auto-pilot, but now I felt blood pouring from multiple bite wounds on my neck and arm—Violet had been doing her best to keep the red flies off of me, but they’d still gotten through. I glanced over at her. She was pointing off to the left, and shouting something. I realized that I was having problems understanding her—likely the blood loss and exhaustion were messing with my senses. "
28 " I spoke, "
