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21 " He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song. "
― Ann Aguirre , Enclave (Razorland, #1)
22 " In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power. "
23 " And maybe what I meant when I said that about Deuce is I don't want to do without her. "
24 " There were different kinds of strength. I knew that now. It didn’t always come from a knife or a willingness to fight. Sometimes it came from endurance, where the well ran deep and quiet. Sometimes it came from compassion and forgiveness. "
25 " I lived in an enclave in which our oldest had seen twenty-five years. His face was withered, and his fingers shook when he attempted the smallest tasks. Some whispered it would be a kindness to kill him, but they meant they didn't want to see their futures written in his skin. "
26 " He bent his head and brushed my lips with his. His hair spilled against my forehead, sleek and startling. Shock held me immobile, shock—and something else. Part of me wanted to lean into him. "
27 " Nobody would ever be like Fade. That much, I knew. "
28 " I never felt beautiful unless I was fighting, and even then it was something that went beyond skin and bone into the kinetic joy of successive movements. Kick, thrust, slash. I never doubted Fade at my back. I never faltered. "
29 " I refused to show my fear. Lock it down, Huntress. "
30 " I think it says, 'Color will not fade. "
31 " A shiver ran through me. Freaks looked almost human -- and weren't. They had lesions on their skin, razor-sharp teeth, and claws instead of fingernails. I'd heard you could detect them by smell, though in the tunnels, that could be hard. "
32 " You know you can get in trouble for visiting a boy’s personal space. But if you do something for me, I won’t tell anyone.” Oh, not today. "
33 " The dead are past saving.” You could miss someone, but it did no good to fixate on loss. "
34 " I’m sure she felt rejected by Fade, but she hadn’t spent long nights in the tunnels with him, or guarded his back when Freaks were determined to eat him. All she had to offer were maps, and he didn’t need those forever. "
35 " I never belonged anywhere until I met you,” he said, resting his cheek against my hair. "
36 " The idea didn’t make me like her less, but I did feel sad and heavy, as if I’d lost something without ever knowing what it was. "
37 " There was no hiding my ignorance this time. They should be used to it by now. "
38 " Y’did some backcountry doctoring. Right brave, that was. But her thigh looks bad, and we’re a day out of Salvation. "
39 " No me engañaba a mí misma pensando que aquélla sería la última herida que sufriría. Y eso asumiendo que volviéramos con vida. "
40 " his own reasons, and I had the unmistakable feeling—it buzzed "