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“Sea sisters, Susa had called them once. Two pearls formed in the same oyster.”
“That is the problem with stories, child. The truth in them cannot be weighed.”
“The guards came after her. They hunted a ghost, for Ead Duryan was no more.”
“Margret,” he said, “you are my child. I forgave you all your sins on the first day of your life.”
“Reading,' Ead said lightly. 'A dangerous pastime.”
“Black doves and white crows flew to her, for she was mother to the outcasts.”
“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.”
“But when the heart grows too full, it overflows. And mine, inevitably, overflows on to a page.”
“Let us not think of the future this night. It is not yet dawn. We still have time for airy hopes.”
“Elder Vara had managed, of course. The world could end and he would find a way to keep on reading.”
“Eadaz,' Aralaq said. 'Yes?' 'Do not follow stupid birds into dark places again.”
“I have an interest in survival, Lord Arteloth. I recommend you nurture one, too.”
“Have we met? Don't tell me. You're plainly a fool, and I have no interest in befriending fools.”
“Let them come with their swords and their torches. Let them come.”
“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
“Arteloth, we are courtiers. We have no useful instincts.”
“How many times have we damned each other now?" "Not nearly enough.”
“I will endure, my midnight sun. I will teach my heart to beat again.”