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1 " Sweat dripped from Grey’s chin and pooled in the small of his back. "
― David Estes , Deathmarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #4)
2 " There’s lying and there’s lying by omission. Don’t confuse the two. "
3 " Why do we hate each other so? she wondered. Because of history? Because our grandfathers hated each other? Our fathers? Because we are different? Must our children continue the cycle of hate and war? "
4 " You say impossible even though you see with your own eyes? Foolish human. "
5 " Does an eye for an eye solve the problems of the world? "
6 " Pain is what reminds us that we’re alive. "
7 " That was…” He trailed off, and she knew there were no words to describe what they’d just experienced, that dance of their souls. It was like they were wrapped in moonslight and painted with starlight. Like the rest of the world had ceased to exist and it was… “Just us,” he said, finishing her thought, though she hadn’t spoken it into his soul. “Yes,” she said. “Just us. "
8 " There is always hope, so long as good men and women choose to fight, "
9 " My poetry has been called dark, a cry for help by a troubled man. But I am not troubled; I only write the truth as I see it. Nor do I need help—no, it’s the rest of them that need help.” Japarti, famous Calypsian poet "
10 " Somewhere between right and wrong, there is a garden. That is where we shall meet. Japarti, famous Calypsian poet "
11 " The evil inside us matches only the evil beside us, To pray, to betray, skies darken to gray, While our shadows hold knives and our dreams consume lives, Our wounds no longer bleed, filled with ash and our own reckless deeds. Japarti, famous Calypsian poet "
12 " The dawn draws near, the night absolved of fear; but light brings blood, first drops, then pools, a flood. "
13 " Good men perish, bad men survive; a place of sorrow, where destruction may thrive. Only one may tell this tale of woe; for the others have passed into the Void, their seeds to sow. "
14 " seek truth without fear. "
15 " For as the fire’s embers darken into night, And the smoke that blinds, that burns, that fades, So shall the lives of those that play, The games of war, vanish in the coming light. Japarti, famous Calypsian poet "
16 " Lies are pointless. Truth can be a blade when wielded by one with skill. "
17 " Because most people are sheep, at least where we come from. They would rather dine on lies and feel safe than swallow a truth that scares them. "
18 " The truth should only be feared if one is on the wrong side of it. "
19 " Not the winds nor the stars take the distance, but our very feet; for time is but a place where hearts may rest as the world changes with the seas. "
20 " most people are sheep, at least where we come from. They would rather dine on lies and feel safe than swallow a truth that scares them. "
