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Convincing someone that murder is justified doesn’t make it any less murder.

“What should we do?” she asked Korbyn. Eyes still closed, he said, “I could have been sleeping.” “You weren’t,” she said. “How did you know?” He opened his eyes. “You have a little purr to your voice when you sleep.” “I don’t purr.” “Don’t worry,” she said. “It’s a divine purr.”

Groaning, the girl opened one eye. “Outta my tent.” She leveled a finger at each of them. “Don’t like you. Or you. Or you.” “That’s okay,” Korbyn said cheerfully. “We probably won’t like you either.”

That man never did anything without my permission, except die.

“I think I’ll kiss the sand,” Liyana said on the dawn of the third day, the day they were to leave the salt flats. “And forswear all salt in my food forevermore.” “Imagine that it’s sugar,” Korbyn said. “You’re riding across candy.” “Salt can never be sugar,” Fennik said. “We should talk about the definition of the word ‘imagine.’ ”

Trust your people, his father had often said. An emperor isn`t one person; an emperor is all people, the embodiment of the empire. Rule with them, not over them.

"You know, I used to be a very good liar." "I`m sure you still are." She patted his hand. "You just don`t want to lie to me."

I believe that your miracle will come with blood. And you must be ready to both spill it and have it be spilled.

The needs of the many outweigh the desire of one.

What`s more important: tradition or success?

Magic isn`t about miracles.

Believing you have a sense of humor and actually having one are two different things.

For the first time in my existence, I tell the truth, and I am greeted with lack of belief. This is the universe laughing at me.

I trust you to advise me, and that includes speaking up if you believe that I am acting like a nightmare-addled lunatic.

Hope is a powerful tool if it is not abused.

...And I am supposed to tell you that they`re right, and death is a time to celebrate a life well ived. But I will tell you the truth: Death scares me. And it makes me sad. And it makes me angry. And this is the way it should be!

"With your divine wisdom and superior intellect, do you have a plan?" He flashed her a smile. "I plan... to tell the truth." He spread both his hands, palms out, as if to show his innocence. "I know, it`s a rash course of action, one that I personally have never attempted, but I believe it`s worth a try."

"There is a fine line between deference and sarcasm," he said. "You leaped over it."

She wondered what sort of secrets were in his mind - and what sort of horrors.

In the absence of truth, a story will do.