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21 " I am in desperate need of killing something. "
― , Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)
22 " It is a raw and uncomfortable realization that Beast is partly behind this newfound will to live. Not for him, but because he reminded me of what life has to offer. He lives life so joyously-it is impossible not to want that joy for oneself. "
23 " I want you to be with me for the right reasons. Not because you feel you must or because you fear we will die, but because you want it with your heart and your body. "
24 " Besides, he is one of the few things that has ever loved me and survived. "
25 " He flashes a grin that is two parts death and one part humor. "
26 " Indeed, I am as skilled as any alchemist, but instead of turning lead into gold, I turn my fear into daring, and assuredly that is a far greater trick. "
27 " Marveling at how easily he has absolved me, I step forward and take his big hands into my own. “Not you, for you are as different from them as day is from night. "
28 " Men of power are unwilling to believe anything ill of their own kind. "
29 " I will not let them take you alive.” Of all the things he could have said, that is the one thing that comforts me the most. “Nor I you,” I say around a strange lump that has formed in my throat. "
30 " Some days, like today, my aim and timing is so true it takes my breath away and I feel certain Mortain’s hand guides my own. "