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“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.”

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“Why the mad hair, girl?" "Because damn you," growled Thorn, "that's why.”

Book:Half the World

Source: Half the World

“It was either bluster or look weak and Thorn reckoned that no choice at all, so she puffed herself up and snapped out, "How did you get the scar?" "How did you get the scar?" Thorn frowned. "What scar?" "That's the face the gods gave you?" And with the faintest of smiles the Vansterman went back to coiling rope.”

Book:Half the World

Source: Half the World

“You are lucky, Thorn. You are very lucky." "Doubtless. Not every girl gets to be stabbed through the face." "And by a duke of royal blood too!”

Book:Half the World

Source: Half the World

“Grom-gil-Gorm," she said softly as she rode between Laithlin and Yarvi. "Breaker of Swords." Mother Isriun's horse shied back out of her way. "Maker of Orphans." Thorn reined in beside him, his frowning face lit red by the blazing light of her elf-bangle, and she leaned from her saddle to whisper. "Your death comes.”

Book:Half the World

Source: Half the World

“Wherever we go, life and death, rose and thorn, light and darkness will be there waiting all together for us!”

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Vialine counted the points off on her small fingers. "So quickness to strike, and cleverness, and aggression without conscience, honor or pity." Thorn held up her empty hands. "They've got me everything I have.”

Book:Half the World

Source: Half the World

“I think I’m starting to get used to you”

Thorn Christelledabos Mirrorvisitor Winterspromise

Book:A Winter's Promise

Source: A Winter's Promise

“What stories can do, I guess, is make things present. I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.”

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Book:The Things They Carried

Source: The Things They Carried

“She kissed his scars, first the one cutting through his eyebrow, then the one cutting into his cheek, and finally the one cutting across his temple. With each contact, Thorn's eyes widened. His muscles, conversely, tightened. "Fifty-six." He cleared his throat to make his voice less hoarse. Ophelia had never seen him so intimidated, despite his efforts not to show it. "Thats the number of my scars." She closed and then reopened her eyes. She felt it again, even more violently, this urgent call from inside her. "Show them to me.”

Ophelia Thorn The Memory Of Babel The Mirror Visitor Le Passe Miroir

Book:La Mémoire de Babel

Source: La Mémoire de Babel

“I like girls too, Scrivener.” Amusement danced in Nathaniel’s eyes. “I like both. If you’re going to fantasize about my love life, I insist you do so accurately.”

Book:Sorcery of Thorns

Source: Sorcery of Thorns