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Imagine a world where the sky is perpetually gray, ash falls like snow, and a god-tyrant holds sway over the land. This is the beautiful yet bleak setting for The Final Empire, and from the first page, I was fully absorbed. Here, Brandon Sanderson pr
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It is one thing to kill in a duel, to kill in self-defense, to kill for vengeance. It is another thing entirely to kill simply because you are careless.
“Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He’d have loved it all right. You see? Even death has a heart.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“It should’ve been this moment, this crucial instant, that shattered Reydon’s illusion about Danial into a million little pieces. He steeled himself to stand up there and then, to leave Reydon to collect the broken remains of his fantasy. Danial raised his eyes to meet Reydon’s squarely, hardening himself for the disappointment he would find there. But all he saw was faith, a fire that far outmatched the feeble embers of burning heather between them. And it reverberated against something inside Danial. As if Reydon radiated an invisible energy that sent an important part of Danial into vacillation.”
― God Tokens | Book 1: Phelen the Cycle
― God Tokens | Book 1: Phelen the Cycle
“To be human is to fear death, to fight for things to be better for yourself and the people you love, and to find joy in the smallest moments. When you’re immortal, each day means nothing. You can move slowly and plan for decades. Mortals don’t have that luxury, so each moment is crucial, even if you don’t realize it at the time.”
― The Daughters of the Earth
― The Daughters of the Earth
“We stood in silence for some time, the fire pit all that separated me from Wacław. The real distance was far greater. We’d been an entire realm apart for the last moon, but I’d felt closer to him then than I did now. A thousand words filled my mind. None were enough.”
― The Daughters of the Earth
― The Daughters of the Earth
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