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181 " He was quiet, and had a shadow’s talent for passing unremarked, "
― Laini Taylor , Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
182 " So they layered cynicism atop their longing, and it was something like laying laughter over the darkness - self-preservation of an uglier stripe. And thus did they harden themselves, by choosing to meet hate with hate. "
183 " To have been granted so tiny a taste of the nectar of her mouth, and so brief a brush with the velvet of her lips was unspeakable cruelty. He felt set on fire. "
184 " But… if they’d been embraced instead, and raised with love,” he said, “they wouldn’t have become tormentors. "
185 " There was a sensations in his hearts, though, as a stirring of embers. There was fire in him. It wasn't smothered, only banked, but it would burn like the wings of the seraphim before this was over. "
186 " You’re at least aware, I hope, that it’s summer out there?” When Lazlo didn’t respond, he added, “Large orange orb in the sky, low necklines on the fairer sex. "
187 " The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions. "
188 " It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming? "
189 " So I ask you again, Lazlo Strange… who are you? "
190 " He blushed, abashed. “I’m sorry.” “I’m going to impose a fine on apologies,” she said. “I didn’t like to mention it last night, but today is your new beginning. Ten silver every time you say you’re sorry.” Lazlo laughed, and had to bite his tongue before apologizing for apologizing. “It was trained into me,” he said. “I’m helpless. "
191 " Welcome to purgatory. Care for some soup? "
192 " Si el sueño elegía al soñador, entonces el suyo había elegido mal. Necesitaba a alguien mucho más audaz que él. Necesitaba trueno, avalancha, grito de guerra y torbellino. Necesitaba fuego. "
193 " I admit, I prefer an open mind to a closed one. "
194 " Forbid a man from something and he craves it like his soul's salvation, all the more so when that something is the source of incomparable riches. "
195 " In the western outposts of the Elmuthaleth-Alkonost and others-they watched for the heat-distorted silhouettes of camel trains to energy from the emptiness as they always had, but they did not.And they did not.And they did not. "
196 " Men should have squint lines from looking at the horizon," the old librarian had said, "not just from reading in dim light. "
197 " Word spread quickly: The visitor wished to address the scholars. 'What can he want?' they wondered, streaming into the Royal Theater. Attendance was voluntary, and unanimous. If the sight of the warriors wasn't enough to stoke their curiosity, there was rumor of a 'rare opportunity'. "
198 " I’ve never liked to call it that,” cut in Thyon—softly, like a confession. “It’s bitter on my tongue. I think of it as the Unseen City instead. "
199 " Names have power, and he was, from infancy, associated with gold. "
200 " You think good people can’t hate?” she asked. “You think good people don’t kill? "