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1 " NononononoNONONONONONONONO- "
― Sam Sykes , Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)
2 " The first lie we're ever told is that we're better than beasts. "
3 " Sometimes, it was real nice just being with someone who hurt like you did. "
4 " Love dies the same way everything else dies. Quietly. Softly. With no one bothering to try to save it. "
5 " A new world isn't worth it." "It is, Sal. A hundred worlds are worth it."..."I would burn all of them down and build them back up, every time." "Until I found one that didn't hurt you anymore. "
6 " When you get down to it, people aren't too different from scars. You go through life collecting them. And when you get a new one, you feel it. The pain, at first, is so raw and vibrant that you feel it with every step you take beside them....The one day, before you even know it, you wake up and just feel a numbness where something else used to be. But you never forget it's there. Not once. "
7 " Pain, though... Pain is different. Not all pain is equal....Pain is a weapon. And all it comes down to whoever's the one holding it when it sticks into you. "
8 " Maybe, sometimes...it's just nice to be with someone who hurts the same way you do. "
9 " He wasn't staring into the fire anymore. He wasn't even here anymore. Behind those eyes, there was nothing but a dark place, far away and lightless, that he'd disappeared into. I knew that look. I knew that place. ...Wherever he went , whatever dark place inside his head he crawled into, it wasn't a place for laughter, for words. It wasn't a place I could follow. Places like that, everyone has to go through on their own. "
10 " I held his hand, there on my skin, not willing to let go of that warmth, that touch, that...feeling. Of not being broken. For a little while, anyway. "
11 " same sweat and road that I did. Always beautiful, even "
12 " There was something comforting in knowing that even the very strong could be stupid. "
13 " But there are moments. Moments where all the fighting seems worth it. Moments where you don't think twice about bleeding for someone else. Moments where one person's tears, one person's smile, are enough to convince you to get back on your feet, to keep breathing, to keep living. "
14 " Love dies the same way everything dies. Quietly. Softly. With no one bothering to try to save it. "
15 " Sal the Cacophony does not face death. Death can't bear to look. "
16 " One: If something calls to you, don't call back.Two: Don't stand in the way of anything bigger than yourself.Three: If you can't tell how to kill it by looking at it, run away. "
17 " However, as with love, sex, money, and war, the real things always end up being worse the fantasy. "
18 " I noted with some irritation that it would be a lot easier to get myself killed if people would quit f*cking interrupting me. "
19 " Life is measured in deals. Specifically, bad ones. "
20 " WHO WILL BUY THIS MONSTER COCK? "
