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1 " Aqueles que têm grandes desejos, nascem, não são feitos "
― Genevieve Valentine , Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
2 " I had never seen her this way before, and I wondered why until I realized it was the tattoo; I saw, finally, there was magic at work here that was darker and deeper than I had imagined, that the tattoo was like putting a pair of spectacles on a child with poor vision. I stared up at the camp hill, my heart in my throat, and wondered what everything would look like, now that I could see. "
3 " This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want. "
4 " Tenderly, as only monsters are tender, he asks, "Are you afraid to be like us, Ying?""No," Ying says. (How can she be afraid of anything, when he is so beautiful?)She turns her head. Her breath fogs over the copper petals, until nothing is left of her but a dim reflection in his wings. "
5 " Then you are the bird, and the bird, and the bird. "
6 " Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right. "
7 " It was for Alec she made the wings.It was the only gift she ever gave him; it was the only gift she has ever given to someone without a new name attached, the only gift she's ever given without killing someone first. "
8 " He can't say what he wants to say. There are no words invented yet. "