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1 " Pride and arrogance were fools, but knowing your ability wasn't. "
― Lauren Blackwood , Within These Wicked Walls
2 " The number of insufferable people who could fit in one house was beginning to feel unrealistic. "
3 " I chuckled, shaking my head. “Are we really going to argue over who’s sorrier?”“Of course we are,” Magnus said, grinning. “You act like you’ve never met us. "
4 " Say you’re only here for a patronage, that you don’t care for me at all, and I’ll leave you to your work.” He cradled my face and I closed my eyes to press back tears. “Because if you dare leave me a shred of hope, I will fight to have you with the last drop of blood in my body. "
5 " There was a pause, long enough that it felt as if I’d given too much away. As if the word “love” was hovering at the front of my brain again, and he could read it like a sheet of paper. "
6 " He grinned slightly. “You’re a surprisingly slow learner, Andromeda.”“Quick learner,” I said, my mind too tired to keep an annoyed bite from peeking through. “Slow follower. "
7 " The wind. The stinging cold. Those violent hands. Everything had felt so real, now all reduced to the memory of a nightmare. "
8 " Finally, Magnus looked up, his gaze direct. “Do you not find me handsome, Andromeda?”“I haven’t noticed, sir.” Magnus had been holding the cards between his thumb and middle finger, pressing on them with his index, and at my words he pressed too hard and the cards scattered on the floor. He gave me a look that was part glare, part marvel. "
9 " If everyone cried at every failure, the entire planet would be in a constant state of mourning. "
10 " If I look at all the bad in my life along with the good, the bad would bury the good in a landslide. My spirit, my will to live, would shrivel and die. So, instead, I choose to be thankful for what little good I have. "
11 " I could practically feel the movement of Manifestations on the high, shadowed ceiling, like a mass of roosting bats… "
12 " Dancing dust and shadows looked like ghosts come to protest our intrusion. But there was nothing to fear here . . . only memories. Those could only hurt you if you let them. "
13 " I didn’t want to talk about my lack of basic human skills, or why I didn’t possess them. I wasn’t sure why it suddenly mattered, but for whatever reason, I didn’t want him to find me strange. "
14 " I was used to being challenged and used to intimidating in return.But for some reason, all I wanted to do was comfort him. "
15 " In what galaxy is a verbal promise from a boy whose voice still cracks legally binding? "
16 " I’d thought Peggy just preferred her clothing to match her grim demeanor, but the three others wore that same dark grey to match the bleak walls… Like ghosts dressed in shadows. "
17 " I snatched the thing out of Jember's lips before he could light it. “Your body is a temple for God’s glory.”“My body is mine, and yours is yours.” He snatched it back but didn’t light it. “Unless I decide to finally kill you and use your fat as cooking oil. "
18 " He had no charm to speak of and all of it at once, made of unruly hair and awkward pauses and shy smiles. "
19 " If I had to rank the best feelings in the world, having my scalp massaged would come in at a close third, right behind having a full stomach and the ability to easily empty my bowels. It was miraculous. "
20 " His pieces are extremely law-abiding, and I’ve never been good with precision. "
