2️⃣ “The trees have to be tied down by sunset. When the Woodsmen come, they always try to run.”
3️⃣ “Magnalia House was the sort of establishment where only wealthy, talented girls mastered their passion. It wasn't designed for girls who were lacking, for girls who were illegitimate daughters, and certainly not for girls who defied kings. I, of course, happen to be all three of those things.”
4️⃣ “Once upon a time, on the coldest night of midwinter, in the darkest heart of the forest, Death and Fortune came to a crossroads.”
5️⃣ “When hunting for secrets and scandal during the London season, then there is really only one place to go: the opera. All those people dressed up in their finery, packed in tight, pretending to watch the drama onstage while actually watching each other? The place is a perfect hotbed for intrigue. Which is precisely why I was there.”
6️⃣ “We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill.”
7️⃣ “It's impossible to ignore an alarm that's going off inside your head. Which is probably why Syntex put it there instead of on my bedside table.”
8️⃣ “I was not born a monster. People forget that. The cruel ones sneer and tell me I'm demon spawn. They think the words will hurt me, but they are closer to the truth than they know. It is the kind ones who lie. 'You have a good heart, like your sister,' they say in their pitying tones. 'Deep down, you are beautiful―like your sister.'
I am nothing like my sister.”
9️⃣ “Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born.”
🔟 “The last person who called me by my true name was my mother, with her dying breath. When I was six years old, my hand was still small enough that hers covered it completely. She squeezed it so painfully tight that I hardly noticed anything else. So tight that I hardly noticed the silver of the knife pressing against her throat, or the fear in her eyes. 'You know who you are,' she said to me. Her voice didn't waver, even as drops of blood bloomed where the blade cut her skin. 'You are our people's only hope, Theodosia.'
And then they cut her throat and they took my name.”
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