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1 " I’ve always believed that talking to the dead is sometimes easier than talking to the living.” She shrugged at his questioning look. “They listen better. "
― Grace Draven , Phoenix Unbound (Fallen Empire, #1)
2 " Wife of my soul,” he said, and this time his voice didn’t shake but held all the command of the Savatar ataman who had led an army against the Empire and won. “Look at me. "
3 " He bent to kiss her right eyelid, then her left, the salt of her tears stinging his lips. “I’m a greedy man. I want all of you, heart, soul, and body. You already have all that I am. It seems only fair. "
4 " Not all shackles were fashioned of iron. "
5 " Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail. "
6 " Home is among those who love you. "
7 " I’m a greedy man. I want all of you, heart, soul, and body. You already have all that I am. It seems only fair. "
8 " It became my duty once the witch before me became too crippled to attend the Rites. Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail.” She paused to level a condemning stare on him. “No other woman in Beroe is safe from fire. It would be wrong and cowardly of me to let them burn when I can go in their place and survive. It doesn’t mean I have to like it just because I’m willing to accept it. "
9 " Stay with me, Gilene,” he whispered in her ear. “I can’t,” she murmured, still half-asleep. “I will conquer all of the Empire to bring you back. "
10 " She sat down on her side of the blankets and pulled off her borrowed slippers, wondering whether anyone would question things if Valdan was found dead of suffocation the next morning. "
11 " Azarion’s assurances of his disinterest in her were both a comfort and, in an odd way, an insult. "
12 " And as you well know, sometimes a thing kept secret has power. "
13 " There is vengeance, and there is justice,” she said, repeating Gilene’s words. “This is both. "
14 " I’ve always believed that talking to the dead is sometimes easier than talking to the living.” She shrugged as his questioning look. “They listen better. "
15 " Patience rules fire. Not strength, not speed, and definitely not impulse. "
