You're as bad as your master, he muttered, scarce audible amid the sea-sounds. Worse. At least he didn't ply his words from a courtesan's lips.
There are ties that bind more complex than blood.
Sbagliare e perseverare è una prova più dura di qualsiasi battaglia.
Ma al di sopra di tutto c'è l'amore. E se desideriamo essere più che umani, è quella la stella che dobbiamo seguire.
And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.
The world began in ending, and it will end in beginning.
The night court taught me to serve, and Delauney taught me to think; but from Melisande Shahrizai, I learned how to hate.
Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.
Amid the horrors of war, the poets seldom saw fit to mention the deadly tedium.
One must gauge one's trust carefully.
It is a scholar's weakness, to run narrow and deep.
If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.
If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised
Alas for we who are mortal, and are denied the luxury of dramatic license. We mus live, and go onward.
Where power intersects with pleasure, there is danger. Adepts
A storyteller’s tale may end, but history goes on always.
The keeping of secrets from adults is oft the only power a child may hope to possess.
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.
My thanks, Master. He waved his hand. It is what I do. If you wish to thank me, do a kindness for someone in need.
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