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Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1) QUOTES

Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1) QUOTES

1 " Better a live dog than a dead lion. "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)

2 " Aidan and Kai were almost the same height, but frequently Kai seemed smaller, even less mature. Aidan couldn't completely explain it. Certainly, Kai had suffered far less in his life. Aidan wondered how Kai would have coped with the horrors he himself had endured, and allowed himself a cold smile at the thought of the bookish Kai chained in a screwship's dark hold, squirming in his own shit. "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)

3 " And whatever Aidan's secret thoughts might have been, for those moments his smiles and joy were genuine. His sweat and bruises were his own. Sometimes he won, usually he lost. But here, in these moments with Kai, they were just two boys, and Aidan managed almost to forget that Kai could have him killed and suffer no punishment at all. "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)

4 " Kai looked after him, saddened. Why couldn’t Aidan understand? Brian has virtually begged for his punishment. The maintenance of a household demanded order— his father had said so a thousand times. Such a savage thing would never happen to Aidan, who was obedient and polite. Never. Why couldn’t he see that? Why couldn’t he play? It was disturbing, and confusing, and just a bit irritating to be so dependent on the availability of a slave. "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)

5 " He had life. And therefore, hope. Given that much, he would create the rest. "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)

6 " Their eyes met again, and this time there were no great answers there, only questions that would never be satisfied. A "

― Steven Barnes , Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1)