R.L. LaFevers Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.”
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“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.”
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“The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.”
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“Truly, we are the gods' own children, forged in the fire of our tortured pasts, but also blessed with unimaginable gifts.”
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“Every time he glances at me I feel it just as surely as if he has reached out and run his finger along my soul. It is all I can do not to smile at the sheer wonder of it.”
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“You would throw away all that we have given you for a man’s love?” “Not a man’s love,” I say softly. “But Duval’s. And I would find a way to serve both my god and my heart. Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
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“Perhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all.”
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“People hear and see what they expect to hear and see.”
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“He does not start guiltily, as he should, but frowns in annoyance. "Who are you?" I slip my hand through the slit of my overskirt, and my fingers close around the hard wood of the crossbow tiller. "Vengeance," I say softly.”
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“Do you need anything before I go? I want you to return my wits, I long to say.”
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“... then he offers me his arm. As I take it, I wonder what folly decreed that women cannot walk unassisted.”
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“This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
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“And so it is with us; we serve as handmaidens to Death. When we are guided by His will, killing is a sacrament.”
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“I cannot tell her I have been moping over a broken heart when I have worked so hard to convince her I have no heart at all.”
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“It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.”
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“And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me. Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.”
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“The pain of hope dying is worse than his fists and boots.”
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“You come to us well tempered, my child, and it is not in my nature to be sorry for it. It is a well tempered blade that is the strongest.”
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“Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.”
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“For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of the sun, its warmth and light reaching into every corner of my soul and chasing away the shadows. I surrender to that kiss - surrender to the strength and the courage and the sheer goodness of the man.”
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“In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.”
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“You are not my nursemaid. Remember, I am rescuing you.”
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“Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.”
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“Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.”
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“You love me?' 'Yes, you great lummox. I love you.' He lets out a sigh. 'Sweet Camulos! It's about time.”
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“I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man.”
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“His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of many tools He has at His disposal. If I cannot act - if I refuse to act - that is a choice I am allowed to make. He has given me life, and all I must do to serve Him is to live. Fully and with my whole heart. With this knowledge comes a true understanding of all the gifts He has given me.”
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