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1 " I love you. Don’t follow me. Six words. Simple words. Words that leave my heart stuttering in my chest, my breath coming short, but my feelings conflicted. "
― Rebecca Roanhorse , Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World, #2)
2 " She slit the throat of Coyote because he double-crossed her, and she buried alive Naayéé’ Neizghání, the hero of Dinétah, even though she really loved him. She shot a powerful medicine man through the heart. So, who are you? Who are you that she won’t slit your throat? That she won’t bury you alive? "
3 " Don't take it the wrong way. I just mean that when something is part of your identity for so long, even if it's not a good thing, it's hard to let it go. Even if maybe you should. "
4 " What does that mean?” I ask. “It means come home safe. It means we’re family. "
5 " National Park Ranger,” Aaron offers. “They stayed on after the federal government collapsed. Called themselves the Alt-Rangers. Said they had a higher duty to the land than to the government. They still wear their uniforms. It’s sort of a calling. "
6 " I know the rest of the sword is four feet long, its blade forged from the raw lightning that the sun gifted to his son as a weapon. His son who was once my mentor, once the only man I ever thought I’d love. "
7 " Ah, now,” he says, his grin shifting to disarming, “you wouldn’t shoot a man who baked you a pie, would you?” “Didn’t anyone tell you, Gideon?” I growl, as K’aahanáanii rolls through my veins. “I’m the crazy one in the girl gang.” I pull the trigger. "
8 " National Park Ranger,” Aaron offers. “They stayed on after the federal government collapsed. Called themselves the Alt-Rangers. Said they had a higher duty to the land than to the government. They still wear their uniforms. It’s sort of a calling.” “They’re not even armed.” “No one would touch them. They’re considered sacred. "
9 " I feel like I should be offended, but I’m so far from offended. Being a fine lady sounds like a fucking nightmare. "
10 " From the back seat, Ben shouts, “Get in, losers! We’re going to Amangiri! "
11 " Long before the Big Water, before even the Diné became the Earth-Surface People that we are today, this part of the world used to be the floor of a great sea. "
12 " A god?” he asks, voice awed.“Better than a god. I am a Cat, "
13 " I thought you were turning over a new leaf,” Rissa says to me. “Trying not to kill people.” “I was, but that was yesterday. Today, with the whole captured and drugged thing? I’m feeling pretty aggro. "
14 " He’s in there right now butchering a man he called his friend five minutes ago.” “He doesn’t like rapists. That seems like an excellent quality to me. "
15 " And my clan power, Honágháahnii, will show me where that bullet is heading in plenty of time for me to get out of the way. And that usually means I’m a pretty good bullet dodger. "
16 " The Big Water drowned most of the continent, hell most of the world. The coastline these days starts somewhere in West Texas, the island chain of the Appalachians being the only land until somewhere near the Alps. "
17 " The western half of the continent fared a little better. California was below twenty feet of sea water, but places like New Denver had risen, a chaotic but prosperous place, from what I’d heard. "
18 " Salt Lake City had extended its influence over most of Utah, Nevada, and what was left of northern Arizona to become the Exalted Mormon Kingdom. "
19 " Albuquerque was the Burque, a volatile city-state run by Hispanic land-grant families and water barons. "
20 " and Ben reddens for real this time. “Keha’atiinii,” she admits, “born for Bįįh Dine’é.” Her chin comes up, proud. "
