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21 " It should have healed without a scar. But no queen had time to apply tiger balm twice a day, and a bumpy seam of new skin gleamed under the lantern light. "
― Joan He , Descendant of the Crane
22 " So breathe. And again. And again, until you forget you are deliberately breathing. Search until you forget you are deliberately searching. "
23 " Passage 3.4.2: 'Justice is a muscle. Without faith it weakens. Without use, it decays. Without challenges it does not strengthen. "
24 " Thud. Her father was immortal. Thud. The face she’d known all her life was a lie, aged forward by a sooth. Thud. How? Thud. How? Thud. Thud. Thud. "
25 " She wasn't good at much. A long, long time ago, she thought she had a knack for acting. She took to lying, and she preferred living in someone else's skin as opposed to her own. But nothing squelched childish dreams quite like inheriting the throne. Learning to rule was an all-consuming pastime. "
26 " She raised a hand, struggling to reach Hesina’s cheek. “Promise… you’ll finish this… in style. "
27 " Anger is a form of confidence . . . . A hope that the ones we admire will change for the better. "
28 " Memories are short. History plays out in cycles. Tables turn; the sufferers rise and make their oppressors suffer. This is simply human nature. "
29 " She didn't mind that he blamed her, or that they only knew how to make each other whole when they were broken. For once, she didn't want anything more than just to hold him. "
30 " The mind is a timeless teacher . . . And the heart. The past must be filtered through both to mean anything in the present. "
31 " Ever since taking over command of the Yan militia at the tender age of fourteen, "