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21 " Was she happy? Yes. And no. Because now the words were back, and with them the name that had spun gold around her heart for so long she hardly remembered how things had felt before him. "
― Cornelia Funke , The Golden Yarn (MirrorWorld, #3)
22 " It had always been a myth that it was those who loved you who could see through you. It was those you feared who could see through you most clearly. "
23 " Her heart pounded as he kissed her. Or was it his heart? She hadn’t been able to tell the difference ever since he’d freed her from that trap. "
24 " She was gone. And his heart was beating too loud and too fast. Into nothingness. "
25 " Yesterday. Was there a more merciless word? "
26 " And that everyone has to find their own path, even brothers. "
27 " How clear one’s own desires become once they are made impossible. "
28 " Sometimes we think we know people at first sight,” he said. “As though we’d met them a hundred times before, in another life, in another world. And then we realize that we know nothing. How did they look as children? What dreams startle them from their sleep? "
29 " It was like a promise that wishes could come true, that desire might lead to more than yearning. "
30 " To never let the other forget who they are—love is also about that. "
31 " Maybe love bore fruit even more poisonous than fear. "
32 " No, it wasn’t quite true that John had no conscience at all. Everyone had one. But there were many voices in his head that had an easier time reaching him: his ambition, his desire for fame and success—and for revenge. "
33 " It hadn’t been easy to reach the city where Jacob had grown up. The borders in his world were more tightly guarded than the island of the Fairies. "
34 " For far too long she’d made herself small, made herself fit into their world. "
35 " Fox squeezed past him, feeling his warmth like a home. "
36 " And this time he would have said it, right? I love you. So much. Too much. But that was forbidden. For all time. The Elf would take his heart in payment. "
37 " A child in the woods. A child with an army. "
38 " Fox could’ve kissed him on the mouth just to taste the smile on his lips. Forbidden. She’d almost forgotten. "
39 " Every soldier had to battle his weaker self. His weaker self had brought Donnersmarck to his knees, trembling. He had screamed it away, he had outrun it, he had drowned it in the blood of others. And he had always defeated it. "
40 " Oh yes, he was an idiot. He’d always been frightened by how much he needed her. And now it was too late. "