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“But when she was scared, she was a child again, and she was more scared of being a child again than anything else in her life.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“But Harrowhark—Harrow, who was two hundred dead children; Harrow, who loved something that had not been alive for ten thousand years—Harrowhark Nonagesimus had always so badly wanted to live. She had cost too much to die.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“What do Marta the Second, Naberius the Third, Jeannemary the Fourth, Magnus the Fifth, Camilla the Sixth, Protesilaus the Seventh, Colum the Eighth, and Gideon the Ninth all have in common?” You could have heard a hair flutter to the floor. Everyone stared, poker-faced, in the thick ensuing silence. Magnus looked pleased with himself. “The same middle name,” he said.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“Harrow laughed. It was the first time she had ever heard Harrow really laugh. It was a rather weak and tired sound.
"Gideon the Ninth, first flower of my House," she said hoarsely, "you are the greatest cavalier we have ever produced. You are our triumph, The best of all of us. It has been my privilege to be your necromancer.”
― Gideon the Ninth
"Gideon the Ninth, first flower of my House," she said hoarsely, "you are the greatest cavalier we have ever produced. You are our triumph, The best of all of us. It has been my privilege to be your necromancer.”
― Gideon the Ninth
“But when she was scared, she was a child again, and she was more afraid of being a child again than anything else in her life.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
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