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61 " * “I am not a man of your people,” the Nightbringer says. “But I do wonder at Keris. You humans give your loyalty so willingly for just a little hope.”“And you think we are fools because of it?” I shake my head. “Hope is stronger than fear. It is stronger than hate. "
― Sabaa Tahir , A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3)
62 " I wonder if my entire life will be a series of moments in which I realize I’m an idiot long after I can actually do anything about it. Will I ever feel like I know what I’m doing? Or will I be an old man, tottering about, flummoxed by whatever recent foolishness I’ve committed? Don’t "
63 " No tricks, Laia, daughter of Mirra. Unlike you, we do not fear the truth, for it is the truth that shall free us from our prison. And the truth shall free you from yours. Come to us. "
64 " Love is joy coupled with misery, elation bound to despair. It is a fire that beckons me gently and then burns when I get too close. I hate love. I yearn for it. And it drives me mad. "
65 " Skies save me from the men in my life and all the things they think they know. Get out of here. Afya needs you. The prisoners need you. Go. "
66 " I kick at the door violently—a stupid decision, as now my foot aches. I wonder if my entire life will be a series of moments in which I realize I’m an idiot long after I can actually do anything about it. Will I ever feel like I know what I’m doing? Or will I be an old man, tottering about, flummoxed by whatever recent foolishness I’ve committed? "
67 " You are cruel, Elias,” she whispers against my mouth. “To give a girl all she desires only to tear it away.”“This isn't the end for us, Laia of Serra.” I cannot give up what we could have. I don't care what bleeding vow I made. “Do you hear me? This is not our end.”“You've never been a liar.” She dashes her hands against the wetness in her eyes. “Don't start now. "
68 " I shrug off the invisibility, welcoming the visions because they cannot be worse than holding the hand of a woman who bore me but who is disgusted by my touch. "
69 " You humans give your loyalty so willingly for just a little hope.” “And you think we are fools because of it?” I shake my head. “Hope is stronger than fear. It is stronger than hate. "
70 " Shrike.” His voice is choked. “A drum message just came in from Antium. You’re to leave all unfinished matters and return immediately to the capital. The Empress—your sister—has been poisoned. "
71 " He is a distraction. Only the Empire matters. Only your people matter. The Martials are in far too much danger for either of us to allow distractions. I withdraw my hands from his sharply. “I am the Blood Shrike. You would do well to remember it. "
72 " I can't bear her lips away from mine "
73 " If he had not allowed himself to be ruined. "
74 " wonder if my entire life will be a series of moments in which I realize I’m an idiot long after I can actually do anything about it. "