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21 " My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me.My father, as usual, was wrong. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
22 " I do.” He was clearly amused by my disdain. “We have only been speaking for two minutes, Paige. Try not to waste all your sarcasm in one breath. "
23 " if I never returned-if you never see me again-it will mean that everything is alright. That I have ended her. But if I return, it will mean I have failed. That there is still danger. And then I will find you "
24 " Run, little dreamer. "
25 " No life lived is lost. "
26 " I thought of all the years I had spent thinking about him, wondering if he would ever come back to me. And I thought of him now, pictured his smile, how he looked after me, and it was useless: I just wanted him. I put my head in my arms and cried. "
27 " But if there was a heaven this is what it would have felt like. Touching the aether with my bare hands I could never have anticipated this, not from him. "
28 " You may not believe it, but it is what I desire the most in the world. This place has afflicted me with a terrible wanderlust. I long for the fire, for the sights you have seen. Yet here I am, two hundred years after I arrived. Still a prisoner, though I masquerade as a king. "
29 " I brought you back because I could not find the strength to fight her without you but for that same reason I will do everything in my power to see you safely to the Citadel. "
30 " You saved me, Nick. Sooner or later I would have lost my mind. I had to know, or I would have always felt like an outsider. You made me feel like I was part of something, part of a lot of things actually. I'll never be able to repay you for that. "
31 " Perhaps I feel safest when I think of nothing. "
32 " He wouldn't have understood if I'd told him why I spend my time with criminals. He didn't know that I belonged with them. More than I belonged with him. "
33 " Once you know something, you can’t get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always. "
34 " Then there was that awful slogan: no safer place. More like no safe place. Not for us. "
35 " I am sure you know what an angel is: a soul that returns to this plane to protect the person they died to save. "
36 " Don't you dare,” he said. “Don't you dare let her see it. You are more than that. You are more than what she wants to do to you. "
37 " It was raining that day. My last day at work. "
38 " I didn't believe in hearts. I believed in dreamscapes and spirits. Those were what mattered. Those made money. But my heart had hurt that day. For the first time in my life I'd been forced to acknowledge my heart, and acknowledge its fragility. It could be bruised. It could humiliate me. "
39 " I do not pity you. But I do know what it feels like. To be wanted only for what you are. "
40 " His touch had felt strange. Warmer. It was only when I saw his hands that I realised. He wasn't wearing gloves. "