Alethea Kontis Quotes

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He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be

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Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

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She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete

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Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.

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Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor—and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.

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If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?

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We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

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There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.

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If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it

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The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

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Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.

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First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

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Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

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