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41 " This boy did not take steps. He glided like a shark through the water. And like the sea, the members of the Black Clan parted around him "
― Renée Ahdieh , Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1)
42 " I believe the stars align so that souls can find one another. Whether they are meant to be souls in love or souls in life remains to be seen. "
43 " She’d fought off her assailant. And in doing so, she’d displayed one of the seven virtues of bushidō: Courage. The way of the warrior. Mariko "
44 " Don't bare your neck to a wolf. "
45 " If that was to be my last meal," Mariko murmured, "how fitting is it that it fell from my lips before I could eat it? "
46 " Never forget, Sanada Takeo: in this forest, there is no place to hide. "
47 " Perhaps the forest simply knew this was where someone like Mariko - a lost girl in search of a place to call home - could plant roots and flourish. "
48 " Are you also going to inform me I need to be as swift as a fire so I may move mountains in the wind?” Yoshi "
49 " I prefer to fight battles I know I can win. "
50 " Then—without another sound—the beast glided toward her. Like a ghost. Like a demon of the forest, flying on a whorl of black smoke. Mariko’s "
51 " And despite being seventeen - Hattori Mariko knew her place in life. She would marry Minamoto Raiden. Her parents would have the prestige of a daughter in the Heian Castle. And Mariko would be the only one to know the stain on that honor. "
52 " Hattori Mariko was not just any girl. She was more. "
53 " sometimes we must fall forward to keep moving "
54 " She refused to die like an animal locked in a cage. Like a girl with nothing, save her name.Better to die by the sword. Better to die at the mercy of the nightbeasts.To die in the night air. Free. "
55 " Bravery did not come to her naturally. She spent too much time weighing her options to be brave. Too much time calculating the many paths before her. "
56 " He was a boy who liked to set fire to things and watch them burn. "
57 " Never doubt. Never fear. Never overthink. "
58 " No matter how high a man rose in life, death was the greatest of equalizers. "
59 " Sometimes we must fall forward to keep moving. "
60 " To even attempt something, one must first believe in the possibility. And then be granted an opportunity. "