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“Brothers always. Balthazar is with us too. We make this work,' Finnikin said fiercely. 'We bring peace to these kingdoms. We deserve it. Our women do. All of us have lost too much, Froi. We've lost the joy of being children. Let's not take that from Jasmina and Tariq and those who come after them”

Quote by Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta is an Australian author renowned for her young adult literature. Her works often delve into complex interpersonal relationships and profound emotional experiences, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

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“Land?' Froi whispered. 'You're giving them land? I'm not worth the valley.' 'You're worth a kingdom,' Finnikin said, turning back to the crowd.”

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Book:The Complete Lumatere Chronicles

Source: The Complete Lumatere Chronicles

“Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.”

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“We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of our litter,' Arjuro tells him. 'The Oracle is mocking me for choosing a man to share my bed. And her punishment is that I spend the rest of eternity staring between the legs of women.”

Men Share Bed Kissing Eternity Presses Fingers Legs Punishment Staring Belly Hurrying Oracles Swollen Runts

Author:Melina Marchetta

“That is disgusting, and I will never kiss you again." "Yes, you will," he said, and proved by pressing his lips to hers. She wanted to squirm away, just to prove the point but God, she loved kissing him.”

Said Wanted Prove Kissing Lips Disgusting You Again Kissing Him

Book:Black Dawn

Source: Black Dawn

“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”

Past Kindness Our Lives Crime Birth Bounds Our Future Past And Present Atlas

Author:David Mitchell

“I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation.”

Thinking Seems Talking Conversation Bases Destroyed Impulsive

Book:This Immortal

Source: This Immortal

“In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.”

Ifs Done Wish Situation Sensible

Book:Sorcery & Cecelia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Source: Sorcery & Cecelia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“She probably enjoys cutting up everyone's happiness. Not to mention cutting up other parts of people; given her penchant for poisoning people and turning them into beech trees, I fail to see how she has reached thirty without leaving a trail of bodies behind her.”

People Body Given Enjoy Behinds Cutting Failing Tree Leaving Thirty Trails Poisoning

Book:The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician

Source: The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician

“Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.”

Thinking Knows Might Imagine Objects Tone Imagine That Soothing

Book:The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician

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“The nation was tearing itself apart over pro-life and pro-choice but completely ignored the problems of the kids who were already here. I mean, no schools, no work, no clue if they'd even have a future. They just went nuts!”

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Book:UnWholly

Source: UnWholly