

“So there was burnished Gansey, who might not have saved Ronan's life in high school, but at the very least kept it mostly out of Ronan's reach so that he could not take it down and break it.”
― Call Down the Hawk
― Call Down the Hawk

“Ronan hadn't known anything about who Adam was then and, if possible, he'd known even less about who he himself was, but as they drove away from the boy with the bicycle, this was how it had begun: Ronan leaning back against his seat and closing his eyes and sending up a simple, inexplicable, desperate prayer to God: Please.”
― Call Down the Hawk
― Call Down the Hawk

“This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever:
The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain.
The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.
You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down.
You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever.
Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain.
The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.
You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down.
You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever.
Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

“By the time we’re married,â€� Declan said eventually, “I want you to have applied for a different studio in this place because this man’s paintings are very ugly.â€�
Her pulse gently skipped two beats before continuing on as before. “I don’t have a social security number of my own, Pozzi.�
“I’ll buy you one,â€� Declan said. “You can wear it in place of a ring.”
― Mister Impossible
Her pulse gently skipped two beats before continuing on as before. “I don’t have a social security number of my own, Pozzi.�
“I’ll buy you one,â€� Declan said. “You can wear it in place of a ring.”
― Mister Impossible

“Culture is not your friend. Culture is for other peoplesâ€� convenience and the convenience of various institutions, churches, companies, tax collection schemes, what have you. It is not your friend. It insults you. It disempowers you. It uses and abuses you. None of us are well-treated by culture.”
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