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“Leave this world... a better place than how you found it.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin

“You do not fear. You do not falter. You do not yield. You go in, you get her, and you come out again.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin

“And... And I love him enough to want him to find someone who can truly love him like he deserves. And I love myself... I love myself enough to not want to settle until I find that person, too.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin

“You’re about to be rich, Kaz. What will you do when there’s no more blood to shed or vengeance to take?â€�
“There’s always more.�
“More money, more mayhem, more scores to settle. Was there never another dream?�
He said nothing. What had carved all the hope from his heart? She might never know.
Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn’t look at her. "Stay,� he said, his voice rough stone. “Stay in Ketterdam. Stay with me.�
She looked down at his gloved hand clutching hers. Everything in her wanted to say yes, but she would not settle for so little, not after all she’d been through. “What would be the point?�
He took a breath. “I want you to stay. I want you to � I want you.�
“You want me.� She turned the words over. Gently, she squeezed his hand. “And how will you have me, Kaz?�
He looked at her then, eyes fierce, mouth set. It was the face he wore when he was fighting.
“How will you have me?� she repeated. “Fully clothed, gloves on, your head turned away so our lips can never touch?�
He released her hand, his shoulders bunching, his gaze angry and ashamed as he turned his face to the sea.
Maybe it was because his back was to her that she could finally speak the words. “I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Six of Crows
“There’s always more.�
“More money, more mayhem, more scores to settle. Was there never another dream?�
He said nothing. What had carved all the hope from his heart? She might never know.
Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn’t look at her. "Stay,� he said, his voice rough stone. “Stay in Ketterdam. Stay with me.�
She looked down at his gloved hand clutching hers. Everything in her wanted to say yes, but she would not settle for so little, not after all she’d been through. “What would be the point?�
He took a breath. “I want you to stay. I want you to � I want you.�
“You want me.� She turned the words over. Gently, she squeezed his hand. “And how will you have me, Kaz?�
He looked at her then, eyes fierce, mouth set. It was the face he wore when he was fighting.
“How will you have me?� she repeated. “Fully clothed, gloves on, your head turned away so our lips can never touch?�
He released her hand, his shoulders bunching, his gaze angry and ashamed as he turned his face to the sea.
Maybe it was because his back was to her that she could finally speak the words. “I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Six of Crows

“I believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is decided by the Mother, or the Cauldron, or some sort of tapestry of Fate, I don't know. I don't really care. But I am grateful for it, whatever it is. Grateful that it brought you all into my life. If it hadn't... I might have become as awful as that prick we're going to face today. If I had not met an Illyrian warrior-in-training," he said to Cassian, "I would not have known the true depths of strength, of resilience, of honor and loyalty." Cassian's eyes gleamed bright. Rhys said to Azriel, "If I had not met a shadowsinger, I would not have known that it is the family you make, not the one you are born into, that matters. I would not have known what it is to truly hope, even when the world tells you to despair." Azriel bowed his head in thanks.
Mor was already crying when Rhys spoke to her. "If I had not met my cousin, I would neer have learned that light can be found in even the darkest of hells. That kidness can thrive even amongst cruelty." She wiped away her teas as she nodded.
I waited for Amren to offer a retort. But she was only waiting.
Rhys bowed his head to her. "If I had not met a tiny monster who hoards jewels more fiercely than a firedrake..." A quite laugh from all of us at that. Rhys smiled softly. "My own power would have consumed me long ago."
Rhys squeezed my hand as he looked to me at last. "And if I had not met my mate..." His words failed him as silver lined his eyes.
He said down the bond, I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have... The wait was worth it.
He wiped away the tears sliding down my face. "I believe that everything happened, exactly the way it had to... so I could find you." He kissed another tear away.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
Mor was already crying when Rhys spoke to her. "If I had not met my cousin, I would neer have learned that light can be found in even the darkest of hells. That kidness can thrive even amongst cruelty." She wiped away her teas as she nodded.
I waited for Amren to offer a retort. But she was only waiting.
Rhys bowed his head to her. "If I had not met a tiny monster who hoards jewels more fiercely than a firedrake..." A quite laugh from all of us at that. Rhys smiled softly. "My own power would have consumed me long ago."
Rhys squeezed my hand as he looked to me at last. "And if I had not met my mate..." His words failed him as silver lined his eyes.
He said down the bond, I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have... The wait was worth it.
He wiped away the tears sliding down my face. "I believe that everything happened, exactly the way it had to... so I could find you." He kissed another tear away.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin

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