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Glad you're up to mocking.' 'I hope it's the last thing about me to go.

You had the advantage of me twice, and twice you gave it away. Good luck getting it again

There are so few children in Faerie that I've never seen one of us twinned. Is it like being doubled or more like being divided in half?

Coffee", the Roach says. "Black as the eyes of the High King of Elfhame.

I like stories,' he said. 'And perhaps I like you as well.

And so was Prince Cardan's reputation made. He had little to do but further it.

I wrench my mouth free and scream, but screams in Faerie are like bird-song, too common to attract much attention.

There was no assassin. It was a romantic misunderstanding.' Her eyebrows go up. 'The High King is very bad at romance,' I say.

The last room Cardan occupied caught fire,' I call back to the Bomb. 'Let me rephrase. It caught fire because he lit it on fire.

His every movement is languorous. It feels dangerous to rest my gaze on him for too long, as though he is so thoroughly debauched that it might be contagious.

An ombré ball gown, its color deepening from white near my throat, through palest blue to deepest indigo at my feet. Over that is stitched the stark outlines of trees, the way I see them from my window as dusk is falling. The seamstress has even sewn on little crystal beads to represent stars.

Mijn moeder wil met je praten. Volgens haar is wat je gedaan hebt een schreeuw om hulp.' - Daneca. 'Inderdaad,' zeg ik. 'Daarom riep ik ook "Hellup!" Al te subtiel hoeft van mij niet.

Come fight me again," she calls after me as I head for the stairs. "I have secrets aplenty. There are so many things you don't know, daughter of Madoc. And I think you crave a little violence yourself.

We came up with your code name," she mouths. ... I expect her to say 'The Liar.' She gives me a tricksy grin, full of secrets. "What else? The Queen.

I exile Jude Duarte to the mortal world. Until and unless she is pardoned by the crown, let her not step one foot in Faerie or forfeit her life.

His gift is to take a compliment and turn it in to an insult, a jab that hurts more for the temptation to take it at face value.

Jude, Since I cannot imagine there is much in the human lands to interest you, I can only suppose your continued absence in Elfhame is due to me. I urge you. Come be angry at a nearer distance.

I don't suppose you have anything to drink around here?' Cardan asks. 'I don't imagine that whatever happens next is going to be particularly comfortable for me, and I would like to stay drunk in order to face it.' 'Do you really think I care if you're comfortable?' I demand.

Perhaps you could just allow yourself to be rescued,' Cardan says. 'For once.

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

I'll dare to love, and dare to fight, so that when I die my life will be a testament to the chances I took, and not to the chances I was afraid to take.

They radiated that orgasm-free lifestyle so unique and universal among Seabrook women.

Son of Atreus, what manner of speech has escaped the barrier of your teeth?

Like cicadas, which sit upon a tree in the forest and pour out their piping voices, so the leaders of the Trojans were sitting on the tower.