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61 " There, she wrote fantastical tales that charmed children, and under another name, she penned rather more lurid works that kept her in nougat and sweet cream, "
― Leigh Bardugo , The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grishaverse, #0.5, 2.5, 2.6)
62 " Sofiya had lived that way a long while, and a lesser creature might choose to live in fear rather than grasp at freedom. "
63 " You are worth more than that, she wanted to say. You should not have to earn him. "
64 " remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea. "
65 " You see, some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled—not with all the good food or sunshine in the world. That emptiness cannot be banished, and so some days we wake with the feeling of the wind blowing through, and we must simply endure it "
66 " Those meant to love us most are not always the ones who do. "
67 " He might be dangerous, but abandoning even a small chance to make her dream real seemed more dangerous still. "
68 " In the wood, even songbirds must be survivors. "
69 " But no one can live in fear forever. "