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“They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn't die. They tried to bury me, they didn't realize I was a seed.”
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“Meanwhile, in the garden they dug large pits and in each pit they buried ten men alive. On both sides of the gate they constructed huge pyramids made up of the Derevlian commoners' severed heads.”
― Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus
― Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus

“I agree, and I doubt coma boy will even notice. I mean seriously, the guy was buried alive for heaven’s sake,â€� I added.
-Cora”
― Dissolve
-Cora”
― Dissolve

“Injustice and the desire for revenge age the body, but they keep the soul going halfway to forever,' said the dust-wife practically. 'And being buried alive for a crime you didn't commit will certainly keep you going for a while.”
― Nettle & Bone
― Nettle & Bone

“It was fourteen hours later that Marra and the dust-wife flung themselves at the stone lid, scrabbling with all their strength. For a horrible moment, she thought that it would not be enough, that they would have to come back with levers, but it began, inch by agonising inch, to slide. They got it perhaps six inches and had to stop, panting.
Fingers slid out of the gap and caught the edge. Marra nearly wept with relief. Fenris shoved the lid aside and sat up, gasping for air.
'You're really here,' he said, bending over so that his forehead touched his drawn-up knees. 'I kept imagining voices, but you're really here this time.'
'We're here,' said Marra, the words this time jabbing her like pins.
He took a half dozen sobbing breaths. 'It is very close in there,' he said, 'even with holes.' His face was slick with sweat or tears, Marra did not know. 'Close and cold.'
'I'm sorry,' said Marra. 'I'm sorry. It was the only way I could think of.' She pulled him out of the coffin, or he climbed out and she helped, and he wrapped his arms around her and they stood together, shaking.”
― Nettle & Bone
Fingers slid out of the gap and caught the edge. Marra nearly wept with relief. Fenris shoved the lid aside and sat up, gasping for air.
'You're really here,' he said, bending over so that his forehead touched his drawn-up knees. 'I kept imagining voices, but you're really here this time.'
'We're here,' said Marra, the words this time jabbing her like pins.
He took a half dozen sobbing breaths. 'It is very close in there,' he said, 'even with holes.' His face was slick with sweat or tears, Marra did not know. 'Close and cold.'
'I'm sorry,' said Marra. 'I'm sorry. It was the only way I could think of.' She pulled him out of the coffin, or he climbed out and she helped, and he wrapped his arms around her and they stood together, shaking.”
― Nettle & Bone
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