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61 " It doesn't matter how beautiful the cage is, It's still a prison "
― Natasha Ngan , Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1)
62 " Imagine as you do that the air you take in is bright and golden, as lovely and light as your eyes. "
63 " You're welcome to try and escape again . . . but this time it will be the sea's arms waiting to catch you. And I think you'll find them an even crueler embrace than mine. "
64 " I recall how black and white the world seemed at eleven. How clear-cut life was, everything divided into good and bad, right and wrong, like two sides of a coin. "
65 " I haven't lied to you, Lei.""Well, you haven't exactly told me the truth either. "
66 " I promise myself that I will not give the King the chance to discard us.One day, we will be the ones discarding him. "
67 " People do not ask of the gods without offering them things in return. "
68 " I want to be free. Not just free of the palace, but free once I’m outside of it, too. How can that happen in a world where its King allows demons to do whatever they want to those they deem inferior? How can I live in happiness when I know now what happens to Paper castes all across Ikhara? "
69 " Please don’t lie,” Wren says. Her fingers brush mine before she moves away, adding quietly, and low, “Not about that. Not to me. "