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81 " I don’t imagine myself back in a life like theirs; what I imagine is going over there and scaring them until they cry. I would never, of course. I mean, I don’t think I would. "
― Holly Black , The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
82 " Instead, I try to imagine someone she might fall in love with. Maybe it will be a merrow, and he will give her the gift of breathing underwater and a crown of pearls and take her to his bed under the sea. Actually, that sounds amazing. Maybe I am making all the wrong choices. "
83 " Go ahead. Insult me." His eyebrows go up. "I don't take commands from mortals," he says with his customary cruel smile. "
84 " I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them. "
85 " I do not understand why he likes me, but it is exciting to be liked. "
86 " I forbid you from speaking aloud about your service to me. I forbid you from putting it into writing or into song. You will never tell anyone of the Roach. You will never tell anyone of any of my spies. You will never reveal their secrets, their meeting places, their safe houses. So long as I live, you will obey this. "
87 " No amount of takeout Chinese food or politeness ought to make me forget exactly who and what I am dealing with. "
88 " Ah! A lady of mystery! My very favorite kind. "
89 " He leans in and closes his eyes. “Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It’s disgusting, and I can’t stop.” I am shocked into silence. "
90 " As I make my way back to the tournament and my sisters, I can’t stop thinking of Cardan’s shocked face, nor can I stop considering Locke’s smile. I am not altogether sure which is more thrilling and which more dangerous. "
91 " Storms are less fickle than they are, seas less capricious. "
92 " No, I cannot see myself serving Balekin. "
93 " I think of Madoc, dozing away upstairs, all his dreams of murder. I think of Oriana and Oak being forced apart for years. I think of Cardan and how he will hate me. I think of what it means to make myself the villain of the piece. "For the next full minute, I command you not to move," I whisper back. "
94 " I expect her to say The Liar. She gives me a tricksy grin, full of secrets. “What else? The Queen. "
95 " The revel will go on, I realize. Everything will go on. But I am not sure that I can. "
96 " Nicasia’s wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal.In my heart, I yearn to best them. "
97 " You’re terrible at this whole ‘tell me whatever I want to know’ thing.” My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don’t pick it up.He sighs. “Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don’t you want to see it?” He raises his brows. "
98 " There's always something left to lose "
99 " Go ahead. Insult me.”His eyebrows go up. “I don’t take commands from mortals,” he says with his customary cruel smile.“So you’re going to say something nice? I don’t think so. Faeries can’t lie. "
100 " Never is like forever, I think, and then am angry to be reminded of anything Cardan has ever said, especially now. "