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101 " If you get in the way of a woman’s battle, you’ll get in the way of her sword. "
― Roshani Chokshi , The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)
102 " Numbers never lied "
103 " Even when you decide which world you will live in, the world may not always see you as you would wish. "
104 " Laila grinned widely. “My hero.” She kissed him on the cheek, and Enrique beamed. He wasn’t quite like the heroes he’d dreamed of becoming. He hadn’t saved a country from oppression or rescued anyone on his white horse … but he still felt rather impressive. He turned to Zofia, about to congratulate her, when she crossed her arms over her chest. “I’m not going to kiss you like Laila did.” Black ash streaked Zofia’s arms and the tops of her cheekbones. It made her eyes look like blue fire, her hair a wisp of candlelight. The farthest thing from his mind was her mouth on his, but when she said it, he couldn’t help but look at her lips. They were red as candy. Abruptly, Enrique pinched the bridge of his nose. He must have hit his head because the strangest thoughts kept darting through it. "
105 " Some knowledge is not meant to be known. "
106 " Question the very assumptions. "
107 " The world has a shit memory. It will never pay its debts unless you force its hand. "
108 " And then Enrique hooked his thumbs together and made a strange waving motion with his hands. “You’re a bird?” “A moth!” said Enrique. “A moth approaching a flame!” “That’s a very alarming moth. "
109 " Pure, unfettered relief spread across Hypnos’s face. “What’s going on here”—said Hypnos, his voice rising as a bizarre grin spread across his face, —“is that you care for me. We’re all friends. We’re friends going to save another friend! This is … this is amazing.” Laila wanted to hug him. "
110 " Not again,” groaned Hypnos. “It’s nothing but a symbol—” Laila hissed in her breath. She could practically see Enrique brandishing a sword. “Nothing but a symbol?” repeated Enrique quietly. “People die for symbols. People have hope because of symbols. They’re not just lines. They’re histories, cultures, traditions, given shape.” Hypnos blushed and plucked at his vest. "
111 " At this, even Séverin nodded in agreement. “Also: Who wears a blade hat? What if it slips and then you end up slashing your face? Detestable. "
112 " Even now, even bruised, he looked like a king. "
113 " Don't capture their hearts, steal their imaginations "
114 " For a kiss like this, even hell could put forth stars. "
115 " The matriarch of House Kore was running late for a dinner. In the normal course of things, she did not care for punctuality. Punctuality, with its unseemly whiff of eagerness, was for peasants. "
116 " I have no idea what that means but it sounds both sinister and old fashioned. Hypnos "
117 " When her parents were still alive, they said that fear grew in places unlit by knowledge. "
118 " He saw the scene, suddenly, in his mind’s eye, as if from afar: three boys kneeling around a clock made of bone, the light behind them rendering them sharp shadows brought to life, and he felt that thread of hunger sewing them all together in the moment, so that when it came right down to it, perhaps their souls would have been indistinguishable. "
119 " Taxonomy is rarely creative with its names, "
120 " Symbols meant something, but they could also exist to confuse the eye. "