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1 " Do not cry for me, I am already dead.""No, not dead, the dead at least are free. "
― , The Court of Miracles (A Court of Miracles, #1)
2 " He is the hunting song calling through the night.The broken boy beneath the lash.It ends where it begins.It begins with him. "
3 " This is how it started;with a sister weeping in her bed;a child so terrified she sold herself to a thief;a girl so lovely, the world went to war to possess her "
4 " Our mother the City is not a merciful mother,' she says as she gathers my hair in one hand. 'To be a girl in this city is to be weak. It is to call evil things down upon you. And the City is not kind to weak things. She sends Death the Endless to winnow the frail from the strong. You know this. "
5 " How Can a Man be So Handsome and Annoying at The Same Time "
6 " They call me the black cat," I offer in response."Oh, that is good," says the dark one. "I want an animal name --- can I have an animal name too? What about the drunken ferret? And you, St. Juste. You can be . . . the oppressive eagle of judgment.”page 51 "
7 " Because no matter what everyone says, I'm definitely not the slightest bit attracted to St. Juste. Or so I constantly remind myselfpage 325 "
8 " Don't tempt me --- it'd be a whole lot easier to et out of here if I weren't dragging a useless Frenchman with me.""No," he insists. "you wouldn't shoot me because you don't have a gun.""Of course I do. I stole your pistol ten minutes ago."page 352 "
9 " I turn in horror to the prince, who is staring, dazed, at the stage. Panic races through me, along with the realization that somehow, I don't dislike him as much as I thought, since I definitely don't want him to die "