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A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 16
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Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is no trial, only punishment, because it is considered better to let an innocent man die than let a guilty one live. (Page 79.)
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We are not. We never were we never shall be. We return to the void we never, for mehay is the center of all, and all is the center of nothing.
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Sacrifice of live, sacrifice for love. Fate is gentle and harsh she gives and she takes.
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,'Aubrey. I will avenge this scar and every scar you have put into my heart. -Risika(In The Forest Of The Night)
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Breath belongs to Mehay. Ecl has no use for it.
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Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.
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I could not cry for my own brother he would not want me to. But I found myself crying for this hated stranger and the endless slaughter that I had almost contributed to. (page 8)
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I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.
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I ask for trust. It is a lot, I know it isn't easy to give. But it is all I ask.
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