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21 " I’m attracting small children,” Orma muttered, twisting his hat in his hands. “Shoo it away, will you? "
― Rachel Hartman , Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
22 " I was half lawyer; I always noticed the loopholes. "
23 " Orma had given me a timepiece that emitted blasphemy-inducing chirps at whatever early hour I specified. "
24 " How dare the world be beautiful when I was so horrifying? "
25 " He sighed. "So I've gone and revealed how much I admire your work for nothing. Now you'll feel free to laze about self-importantly, I suppose!""Viridius, no," I said, stepping toward him and impulsively kissing his balding head. "I'm well aware that that's your job.""Damned right," he grumpily. "And I've earned it, too. "
26 " Are you in love with Prince Lucian?' screamed my uncle. 'What were you up to when I arrived? You weren't going to mate right here in the snow, were you? "
27 " I think I've heard that ballad," I said. "It's beautiful but it ends sadly. "
28 " Love is not a disease. "
29 " I did not understand that I carried loneliness before me on a plate, and that music would be the light illuminating me from behind. "
30 " I—I value your continued existence. "
31 " It was hard to fool someone who could tell what you were thinking. "
32 " He looked up at the reddening sky and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "You put me to shame, Seraphina. Your bravery always has.""It's not bravery; it's bullheaded bumbling."He shook his head, staring off into the middle distance. "I know courage when I see it, and when I lack it. "
33 " The world inside myself is vaster and richer than this paltry plane, peopled with mere galaxies and gods. "
34 " That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should. "
35 " I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken. "
36 " He did not know the truth of me, yet he had perceived something true about me that no one else had ever noticed. And in spite of that—or perhaps because of it—he believed me good, believed me worth taking seriously, and his belief, for one vertigi-nous moment, made me want to be better than I was. "
37 " For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math. "
38 " Who will kiss you? Who will rock you to sleep?" His voice was slow, drowsy."You never did," I said, trying to tease him. "You were more father to me than my father, but you never did that.""Someone should. Someone should love you. I will bite him if he will not. "
39 " I mistook you for a metaphor. "
40 " Your lies didn't stop me loving you; your truth hasn't stopped me either. "