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41 " Derrick... Have you ever heard of a Falconer?"..."Wherever did you hear that? "
― Elizabeth May , The Falconer (The Falconer, #1)
42 " Perfect." I open the ornithopter door. "We've rendered Dona mostly blind and partially disguised her as an old woman for the sake of a bloody walk in a public park. "
43 " What the hell is wrong with your pixie? - Gavin "
44 " «Tu che cosa vuoi?» [...]«Voglio poter decidere del mio futuro.»«Non è quello che vogliamo tutti?» "
45 " You look so much like her. - Aileana's father "
46 " I stand, and Dona slips behind me and immediately sets to work unbuttoning my dress. If she weren’t here, I would be tempted to rip the intolerable thing off and toss it across the room.‘Did you say something, my lady?’‘Hmm?’ God, did I speak aloud without realising? I rub my eyes. ‘I’m just tired.’‘Did you have a splendid time at the assembly?’ she asks.Oh, aye. Killed a faery. My fifth this week. "
47 " But just as the orchestra begins to play, an odd taste sweeps across my tongue from front to back. Like a volatile mixture of sulfur and ammonia, hot and burning as it trickles down the inside of my throat. A vile swear almost escapes my lips. There’s a faery here. "
48 " We have to find the seal before that happens," I tell him. "Reactivate it somehow."..."You're the only one who can... Last night you asked me a question. Do you remember what it was?""What is a Falconer?" I whisper. "
49 " Il tempo non mi rimetterà a posto. Il tempo mi permette solo di diventare più brava a nascondere quanto soffro dentro. Il tempo fa di me una grande bugiarda. Perché, quando c'è di mezzo il dolore, a tutti piace fingere. "
50 " A volte i ricordi cui più ci aggrappiamo sono quelli che ci fanno più soffrire. "
51 " Do you know, I wrote to you while you were away... Never sent them... Dear Gavin." My teeth chatter around the words. "Today I accidentally smeared ink across my mouth. I thought of you. "
52 " To take in all of this, every calm moment you can. Breathe in the sight so deeply that the memory becomes a fundamental part of you. Sometimes, it will be all that’s left to ground to you. I brought you here to give you that. "
53 " When you lose someone, it’s so easy to forget they’re gone at first. There were so many moments when I would think to tell my mother something, or expect her at the same precise time each morning for tea. Those flashes are so fleeting, so joyous, that when reality surfaces, the grief becomes fresh all over again. "