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Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I w...more

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Sandry: "There has to be something we can do." Lark: "We're mages. We do what we can, but some problems are too big to fix." Sandry: "Then I wish I we...more

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What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?

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I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders...more

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Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

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It occurred to Keth for the first time that perhaps magic wasn't simply a matter of fires, lightning, and power in the air, if spoken words could also...more

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You're more trouble than you're worth." "I'm a girl. That's my job.

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Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some ...more

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Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with...more

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If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.