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1 " You'd think it would be easier to face death as you get older, but it doesn't work that way. You get more attached to life, to people you love and things that are worth living for. "
― Fonda Lee , Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
2 " When something has to be done, there's always a way to do it. "
3 " How do we do it?” Hilo sighed deeply. “You of all people already know the answer to that, Shae. We don’t handle this world. We make it handle us. "
4 " Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can't understand. There's no point being afraid of their opinions. "
5 " The way to defeat a chess master was not with greater genius, but by forcing her to play a different game. "
6 " The mind cannot adjust quickly to a fundamental change in reality without breaking. If the moon vanished from the sky, people would not believe it; they would think it was a trick of light or clouds. Anden felt it would be a long time before he accepted the truth. "
7 " I couldn’t be Pillar without you, and I still can’t. We’ve both hurt each other because we were too stubborn about what we expected, and we paid badly for that. But what’s the point of life if we give up on the people we love?” He enfolded her into his arms and stroked her smooth hair. He kissed her on the forehead and cheeks and mouth. “Wen, will you be my Pillarman? "
8 " In my experience, as long as your friends have a high opinion of you, it doesn’t hurt when your enemies have a low opinion, the lower the better. "
9 " I think it’s natural in our forties to start wondering if we’re past the main events of our lives, or if there are still other mountains to climb. "
10 " The clan is my blood,” she whispered, her voice thick with emotion, but perfectly steady. “And the Pillar is its master. "
11 " Far do your enemies flee. "
12 " Don't show off how much you hate a man until you're ready to be his enemy. "
13 " trust that had been so dramatically spilled could only be refilled one drop at a time. "
14 " The unexpected gentleness of the words affected Anden like a violent physical blow, rocking him back on his heels, but they broke down the dam in his throat. "
15 " When is life ever like a story where the characters get exactly what they deserve, good or bad? "
16 " Jade warriors are young, and then they are ancient. "
17 " We all make mistakes. Sometimes terrible mistakes we can barely live with. But we learn from them. And maybe…” His voice collapsed. “Maybe we can forgive each other. "
18 " Kaul-jen,” he said slowly, “may I have your permission to ask Shae-jen—” “Yes, for fuck’s sake, you have my blessing as Pillar.” Hilo sighed. "
19 " On his deathbed, the disgraced king is said to have lamented, "I'll be remembered not for who I was, but for what I wasn't. Perhaps it's for the best. Let the gods judge me for what I did not do. "
20 " Even the biggest tigers grow old, Hilo had once said. But even the oldest tiger was still a tiger. "
