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Do you understand? I don't want you to do a thing if you don't understand it.
Kristin Cashore
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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Understand
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We need an ally of Mydogg's or Gentian's pretending to be among the most loyal allies of the king,' Brigan said. 'Shouldn't be so hard, really. If I shot an arrow out the window I'd probably hit on.
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Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.
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There was no helping her tears. For they would leave Po behind… She cried into his shoulder like a child. Ashamed of herself, for it was only a parting, and Bitterblue had not wept like this even over a death. ‘Don’t be ashamed,' Po whispered. ‘Your sadness is dear to me. Don’t be frightened. I won’t die, Katsa. I won’t die, and we’ll meet again.
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Then she'll know I'll want to knock her senseless if she so much as looks at me.
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Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.
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If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again.
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I truly thought I might hurt that man, he said, very badly. I didn't know you were capable of such bad temper. Apparently I am.
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How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of hay , and the other, feathers.
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Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own.
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I'm not such a bad fighter myself, Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertaining diversion.
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I'm not going to wear a red dress, she said. It would look stunning, My Lady, she called. She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.
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She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.
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How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.
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She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.
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Katsa didn't think a person should thank her for not causing pain. Causing joy was worthy of thanks, and causing pain worthy of disgust. Causing neither was neither, it was nothing, and nothing didn't warrant thanks.
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For now, Lady Queen, he said, allow us to continue to obey you. But give us honorable instructions, Lady Queen, he said, turning a flushed face to hers. Ask us to do honorable things, so that we may have the honor of obeying you.
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Your eyes are beautiful, he said, and she felt warm suddenly, warm in the sun that dappled through the treetops and rested on them in patches.
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Wonderful, Garan grumbled when he'd gone. We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.
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I’m bored to death. Perhaps I should pillage one of my neighbors for my own amusement. It seems to work for Drowden.
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While I was looking the other way your fire went out. Left me with cinders to kick into dust, what a waste of the wonder you were
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