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Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever.

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She stamped her foot. She hoped the greedy thing shit for a week. She hoped it shit its awful self insideout and backward, then fell into a crack and ...more

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The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she’d snap and crack the world in two.

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Some days simply lay on you like stones.

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You are unmannerly,sharp-tounged, and show no respect for your betters,which is practically everyone given your lowly ravel birth.""I am Edema Ruh to ...more

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I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish to fight?

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What is a whore?"Unsurprisingly, that hadn't been one of the words we had shared over the last span of days. For half a moment I considered lying, but...more

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Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case sh...more

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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

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My father referred to it as "the finest song ever written for fifteen fingers." He made me play it when I was getting too full of myself and felt I ne...more

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It was the sort of anger that comes to a slow boil inside the hearts of good men who want justice, and finding it out oftheir grasp, decide vengeance ...more

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I am sorry to tell you this thing. Youu are a good man, and a pretty thing. But still, you are only a man. All you have to offer the world is your ang...more

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They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what...more

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I am Edema Ruh to my bones. That means my blood is red. It means I breathe the free air and walk where my feet take me. I do not cringe and fawn like ...more

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Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands.