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41 " It’s nice to consider that God may not count imperfection as an obstacle to working out his will in the world. "
― Rae Carson , The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns, #2)
42 " It’s a night for shimmering, for catching the light just so. "
43 " All the pain means that I am alive. I will think about that instead. "
44 " When you get intense, you spark. And you have the kind of hair any man would want to get tangled in. "
45 " Banners of royal blue stream from the posts. The door panels display my royal crest— "
46 " Maybe I’ve used up my love luck. "
47 " Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world. I "
48 " They’re still warm, and I burrow into my pillows, catching the faint scent of rosewater. Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world. "
49 " I'll have to think about it more later, when the blessed darkness feels something like privacy. "
50 " stranger in the crowd could spear me too easily.” Ximena takes advantage "
51 " He Who Wafts Gently with the Wind Becomes as Mighty as the Thunderstorm. "
52 " I hope I have not broken the world. "
53 " he Has the deepest eyes I've ever seen on a person, like a whole world goes on inside his head. "
54 " Hector is saying. “But it would be safer— "
55 " Softly he says, “My life has ever been yours, Elisa.” My "
56 " I lie awake a long time, wondering which would be more foolish, to prepare for something that may never happen, or not to prepare for something that might. "
57 " He had a way of believing in people long before they believed in themselves, didn’t he? "
58 " Fernando, my best archer, stands on the rear platform, bow slung over his shoulder. He bows from the waist, his face grave. Four horses flick their tails and dance in their jeweled traces. I eye them warily while Hector helps me up.Then he offers a hand to Ximena, and in spite of their recent disagreement, a look of fierce understanding passes between them. They are a formidable team, my guard and my guardian. Sometimes it’s as though they plot my safety behind my back. "
59 " I have just ordered that innocent people be hurt, for my own political advantage. What kind of person does that? "
60 " Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world. "