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A review by laurla
The Shining Court by Michelle West
"we do not give our secrets away so lightly. knowledge is often a thing that slips between closed fingers. it is more like water than gold; it cannot be held."
"be like the lady's element. water can be struck, but the hand passes through it, and when the two are parted - water and attacker - it is the latter that bears the mark."
"the winds howled in peder's ears, and the howled with fredero's voice."
"he did not lie to himself; he had never lied to himself. it served no useful purpose. but there were some truths that were slow to surface, slow to demand the attention."
"she was driven by a pain that the damned know, and few others."
"you didnt love her in spite of the fact that she was a killer, you loved her because she was one. because she could do the things you were afraid to do without thinking twice. because she could do the things that had to be done without flinching."
"i have never lied; it is not my nature; a lie is beneath me; it is a tool of those whose truths are now powerful enough. i promise what i promise and i honor my oath."
"something in her tightened, some imperfection, some part of her that had been broken by the truth: that perfection, that obedience, never guarantees safety. that good and the reward of being good were for the discipline of children. she had done everything as it was to have been done; had been everything she had been taught to be; more. it had given her everything, only so that she might learn what loss was."
"people arent ugly; fear is. but some fears are very very ugly."
"be like the lady's element. water can be struck, but the hand passes through it, and when the two are parted - water and attacker - it is the latter that bears the mark."
"the winds howled in peder's ears, and the howled with fredero's voice."
"he did not lie to himself; he had never lied to himself. it served no useful purpose. but there were some truths that were slow to surface, slow to demand the attention."
"she was driven by a pain that the damned know, and few others."
"you didnt love her in spite of the fact that she was a killer, you loved her because she was one. because she could do the things you were afraid to do without thinking twice. because she could do the things that had to be done without flinching."
"i have never lied; it is not my nature; a lie is beneath me; it is a tool of those whose truths are now powerful enough. i promise what i promise and i honor my oath."
"something in her tightened, some imperfection, some part of her that had been broken by the truth: that perfection, that obedience, never guarantees safety. that good and the reward of being good were for the discipline of children. she had done everything as it was to have been done; had been everything she had been taught to be; more. it had given her everything, only so that she might learn what loss was."
"people arent ugly; fear is. but some fears are very very ugly."