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21 " If we truly detach from our childhood and abandon our inherent romanticism, then we shred any bit of humanity left in us. "
― Evan Meekins , The Black Banner
22 " Milcas raced out his door, anxious to find the answer to this riddle and discover the source of hope for a Roegan in Fargranther; the propellant of an unheard of, forgotten, impossible, and by all accounts, damned idea. "
23 " The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down. "
24 " Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it mingled alongside vengeance, and only the wise and pure of heart were able to tell the two apart. That kind of justice was swift. It was only called upon afer mercy and morals fail. It was the darkest form of goodness known to anyone, even the gods, and required only the strongest, most daring men to bring about. "
25 " Do not forget about the butterflies. "
26 " They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits "
27 " He is a free man, not because is in a poition of political power and influence that you will never be able to achieve, and not because he has more character and heart in his fingertip than you have in your entire being, but because he is a man, and is thus entitled to be free. "
28 " The festive music died down and the granite pillars were replaced with rotted wooden beams as he continued down the alleyways. The scent of fresh flowers turned to mold, and the colorful mosiacs of honor and nobility were nonexistent. Run-down tenements were shadowed by its surrounding buildings, as if the capital itself wanted to conceal its existence. "
29 " the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government. "
30 " It had become their creation, and they all would know it. "