Alison Goodman Quotes

#1. You lie even to yourself. Now that is the mark of a fool.

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#2. You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.

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#3. Only a fool would blindly believe everything she was told.

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#4. Even a cornered rabbit will fight with teeth and claws.

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#5. Slowly he turned into the curve of her palm, cut lip pressed against her skin. She heard two whispered words, felt them kissed into her flesh: amore mio. My love. Two words: the shock of them held her still.

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#6. There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

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#7. It is not often that the real world conjures worse than what we can imagine.

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#8. He gave me a message for you." She tightened her lips as if the words soured her mouth.
"What is it?"
"That you are in his blood."
I looked down at the deck to hide the answering surge within my own blood.
"Those are the words of a lover, Eona.

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#9. I felt something stir within me. It took a moment to recognise it. Anger.

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#10. Girls were meant to paint screens, sob out ballads, and play the pianoforte, not see through the masks of polite society. It

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#11. Don't ask any questions and you won't hear any lies.

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#12. Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women.

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#13. And you are the girl's bitch, forever.

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#14. I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self.

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#15. "The She of the dragon will return and ascend
When the cycle of twelve draws to an end ... "
"The She of the Dragoneye will restore and defend
When the Darkforce is mastered with Hua of All Men.

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#16. History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles.

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#17. You have less honour than a piece of shit.

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#18. A cold realisation washed over me. From now on, my master would not always be there to protect and counsel me.
'This is big. Too big,' I said. 'What do I do?'
'You follow your destiny,' Ryoko said. 'As we all do. With honour and courage.

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#19. A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

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#20. You have forced your way into my Hua, Eona. Change me. First, by your power- then, just by who you are.

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#21. Don't say anything. Just act cool," I whispered.
Mavkel started to shiver.
"Like this?" it asked.
"No, I mean act calm."
Mavkel stopped shivering.

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#22. You have far more courage than you think you do.

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#23. How could such heat remain when we were not even touching?

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#24. How brief and hidden were the moments of destiny.

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#25. Too many doubts grow in the cracks of silence and separation.

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#26. I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.

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