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141 " Celaena put a hand against her chest. How absurd - how utterly absurd and useless - that her heart still beat and Nehemia's didn't "
― Sarah J. Maas , Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
142 " Alone, yet surrounded by thousands "
143 " Outside of this rotten, festering court and kingdom, the rest of the world had loved Nehemia. It was hard not to. Celaena had adored Nehemia from the moment she’d laid eyes on her, like they were twin souls who had at last found each other. A soul-friend. "
144 " Elentiya." Nehemia paused to look back at her. The void seemed to be swirling, swallowing her up bit by bit. "You will not understand yet, but ... I knew what my fate was to be, and I embraced it. I ran toward it. Because it was the only way for things to begin changing, for events to be set in motion. But no matter what I did, Elentiya, I want you to know that in the darkness of the past ten years, you were one of the bright lights for me. Do not let that light go out. "
145 " The kiss obliterated her. It was like coming home or being born or suddenly finding an entire half of herself that had been missing. "
146 " the world didn’t need an assassin with a coward’s heart. It needed someone like Nehemia. "
147 " The knocker chuckled. “Alive? I’m made of bronze. I do not breathe, nor do I eat or drink. So, no, I am not alive. Nor am I dead, for that matter. I simply exist. "
148 " He had lost her. And she would never, in a thousand lifetimes, let him in again. "
149 " There’s no way in hell I’m getting out of this bed and going for a run. "
150 " My daughter was sixteen,” she went on. Tears ran over the bridge of her nose and onto the block, but her voice remained strong and loud. “Sixteen, when you burned her. Her name was Kaleen, and she had eyes like thunderclouds. I still hear her voice in my dreams.” The king jerked his chin to the executioner, who stepped forward. “My sister was thirty-six. Her name was Liessa, and she had two boys who were her joy.” The executioner raised his ax. “My neighbor and his wife were seventy. Their names were Jon and Estrel. They were killed because they dared try to protect my daughter when your men came for her.” Rena Goldsmith was still reciting her list of the dead when the ax fell. "
151 " And he had just sent her into the arms of her strongest potential allies: to the homeland of her mother, the kingdom of her cousin, and the domain of her aunt, Queen Maeve of the Fae. Celaena was the lost Queen of Terrasen. Chaol sank to his knees "
152 " Of all the kings and emperors who had come courting her with promises of wealth beyond imagining, it was the knight’s gift, of seeing her for who she was—not what she was—that won her heart. "
153 " So,” Celaena said, spitting blood onto the stones, “do you want to explain yourself first, or should I? "
154 " He whispered her name, her true name, and she screamed as he— Celaena awoke with a gasp, clutching the Eye of Elena. "
155 " In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home. "
156 " It was war upon them all. Let them tremble in fear at what they had awoken. "
157 " He paused, turning to face her. She kept her chin high, but her eyes were gleaming. “I’ll come back,” she said quietly. “I’ll come back for you.” And he knew that there was more that she wasn’t saying, some bigger meaning behind those words. But Dorian still believed her. "
158 " It was knowledge that could change everything. It could change the world. Dorian "
159 " By the Valg, three were made,Of the Gate-Stone of the Wyrd:Obsidian the gods forbadeAnd stone they greatly feared. In grief, he hid one in the crownOf her he loved so well,To keep with her where she lay downInside the starry cell. The second one was hiddenIn a mountain made of fire,Where all men were forbiddenDespite their great desires. Where the third liesWill never be toldBy voice or tongueOr sum of gold. "
160 " You’re sorry, Chaol’s sorry, the whole damn world is sorry. Tell me what you and your movement want. Tell me what you know about the king’s plans. "