Cecilia Dart-Thornton Quotes

#1. We love, while knowing that someday our love might be lost forever. We laugh as we stride along, even while recognising that doom lies at the end of the road. We give, while comprehending that in the end 'twill all be taken away. we are nothing less then heroes.

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#2. Riding upon the back of a waterhorse - what mortal had ever stayed in such a seat for so long? On a horse made of cold currents and liquid convergences, jests and trickery - pressed against a hide like the burnished sea of midnight, thing look different to the rider.

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#3. Nay, it ain't got fleas, and 'tis a girl.

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#4. Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your trees be forever fruitful.

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#5. She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost.

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#6. Should they be thanked or does thanks drive them away?
"You honor us," she stammered. "We request your help.

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#7. Careful, even now, not to thank the wights, she added, You have all been most kind.

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#8. The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.

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#9. Speechless, castaway and wry
a spellbound oddity am I
my feet are locked upon the clay
my gaze is locked upon the sky

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#10. I want you
and it will be so,
While I have life.

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#11. Down the violet wind slid syrinx melodies, wild as foxes, mad as love, strange as wakening.

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#12. Time was spinning numerous threads for its tapestry, some to be woven together, some to entangle or fray, others merely to perish and pass away.

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