There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.’ ‘Oh the poor animal,’ she cried out, ‘they’re such beautiful creatures.’ ‘I’m speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,’ he said.
Melina MarchettaYou're judging her by her literacy," Tara says. "You're a literacist." "You've made that up.
Melina MarchettaYour problems are out there. But they're small. They only grow out of proportion when they climb inside your head.
Melina MarchettaShe knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened.
Melina MarchettaAccording to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.
Melina MarchettaIf she’s out here and not locked up in the barracks, I’ll know,” he said. He took a deep breath and whistled. “You share a whistle?” Trevanion said in disbelief. “Do you have a problem with that?” Finnikin asked. “I have a few whistles,” Lucian murmured. “Very confusing sometimes.” “Whistles are meant for combat,” Trevanion said. “Not wooing women. Women do not understand whistles.
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