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1 " LOOK AROUND. GAME DEAD, RIVERS BLACK, LAND CHOKED WITH WEED. SKIES BLEEDING, RED AS BLOOD. FOR WHAT?YOUR KIND ARE BLIND. YOU SEE ONLY THE NOW. NEVER THE WILL BE.BUT SOON YOU WILL. WHEN ALL IS GONE, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY MONKEY-CHILDREN THAT YOU MURDER FOR A SCRAP OF LAND, A DROP OF CLEAN WATER, THEN YOU WILL SEE. "
― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
2 " Each of you must decide where you stand. All we ask is that you refuse to kneel. You are the people. You have the power. Open your eyes. Open your minds. Then close the fingers on your hand. "
3 " RAIJIN, TAKE ME NOW. She shot Buruu a withering glance as he rolled over on his back and pawed at the sky. HAVE MERCY ON ME, FATHER. TAKE MY WINGS. CHAIN ME TO STINKING EARTH. BUT THIS TORTURE I CANNOT ENDURE.Oh, shut it. "
4 " ENOUGH NOISE. STAND ASIDE. I WILL GUT HIM. "
5 " DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU MONKEYS. "
6 " You're hungry.The beast glared.STAY OUT OF MY MIND, INSECT. "
7 " The thunder tiger looked at her like an avalanche looks at a butterfly. "
8 " It's easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality. "
9 " Dying is easy. Anyone can throw themselves onto the pyre and rest a happy martyr. Enduring the suffering that comes with sacrifice is the real test. "
10 " He's probably out there in the hallway right now, composing bad poetry in his head." Michi cleared her throat, her voice taking on a breathless lilt:"Pale Fox's Daughter,Her cherry lips haunt my dreams.Something, something, breasts... "
11 " To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served. "
12 " FEATHERS GROW BACK.... SISTERS DO NOT. "
13 " Tiger proudly roars.Dragon dives and Phoenix soars.Fox gets the chicken. "
14 " You lied to me.""I never lied. I just didn't tell you the whole truth.""You said you were alone.""I am alone.""There's hundreds of you. Maybe thousands. You and your 'family' are everywhere.""Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there." -Yukiko and Kin "
15 " Wait," he whispered.But she didn't. "
16 " A conscience is easier to swallow on an empty belly, simpler to swing with a broken wrist "
17 " Our troubles are but mayflies, rising and falling between the turn of dawn and dusk. And then they are gone to the houses of memory, you and I will remain, Yukiko. "
18 " Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there. "
19 " WHEN IT IS DONE, WE WILL FLY FAR FROM HERE. FAR FROM THIS SCAB AND ITS POISONED SKY.WE WILL DANCE IN THE STORMS, YOU AND I. "
20 " Yukiko steered the subject away from sex as fast as she could. She was still occasionally woken by nightmares about the day her father had tried to sit her down for "the talk". "