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“She vanished over the side of the chapel. Kaz stood there, staring at the place she¡¯d been only seconds before. She¡¯d tricked him. The decent, honest, pious Wraith had outsmarted him. He turned to look back at the long expanse of roof he was going to have to traverse to get back to the boat. ¡°Curse you and all your Saints,¡± he said to no one at all, then realized he was smiling.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don¡¯t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“But what he hadn¡¯t expected was that when everyone feared him and flattered him, Lan WangJi scolded him right in his face; when everyone spurned him and loathed him, Lan WangJi stood by his side.”
― ħµÀ×æʦ [M¨® D¨¤o Z¨³ Sh¨©]
― ħµÀ×æʦ [M¨® D¨¤o Z¨³ Sh¨©]
“Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?¡±
¡°We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Crooked Kingdom
¡°We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“He was going to break my legs,¡± she said, her chin held high, the barest quaver in her voice. ¡°Would you have come for me then, Kaz? When I couldn¡¯t scale a wall or walk a tightrope? When I wasn¡¯t the Wraith anymore?¡±
Dirtyhands would not. The boy who could get them through this, get their money, keep them alive, would do her the courtesy of putting her out of her misery, then cut his losses and move on.
¡°I would come for you,¡± he said, and when he saw the wary look she shot him, he said it again. ¡°I would come for you. And if I couldn¡¯t walk, I¡¯d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we¡¯d fight our way out together¡ªknives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that¡¯s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
― Crooked Kingdom
Dirtyhands would not. The boy who could get them through this, get their money, keep them alive, would do her the courtesy of putting her out of her misery, then cut his losses and move on.
¡°I would come for you,¡± he said, and when he saw the wary look she shot him, he said it again. ¡°I would come for you. And if I couldn¡¯t walk, I¡¯d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we¡¯d fight our way out together¡ªknives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that¡¯s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
― Crooked Kingdom
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