La persona del libro

Ein luftmensch

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She's happy with who she is. Maybe it's not the heteronormative dream that she grew up wishing for, but... knowing who you are and loving yourself is so much better than that, I think.

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You know why people pair up into couples? Because being a human is fucking terrifying. But it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by yourself.

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Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."

"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."

"Fuck you, Nav—"

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That is the problem with stories, child. The truth in them cannot be weighed.

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"Why do you have to prove anything to anyone? [...] You don't need anyone's permission to be you,"

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That's my problem, actually. I don't talk to anybody about what's going on in my head, because I'm afraid they might not be able to take it.

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I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.

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Even if we can't change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That's how we rebel against destiny, how we make our mark.

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They can't really control what goes inside my head, and I think that frustrates them to no end.

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And it will be the tragedy of my life that I cannot love you enough to make you mine. That you cannot be loved enough to be anyone’s.

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There's this idea that if you're not straight, you HAVE to tell all your family and friends immediately, like you owe it to them. But you don't. You don't have to do anything until you're ready.

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Haven’t you ever wondered what it would be like to have nothing keeping you attached to the ground?

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“Neh diis lus’a, lus diis’a,” he muttered. “[...] Something about blood?”

“When all is blood, blood is all.” 

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“You’ll be a rumor. A whisper. The thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. The last thing you will ever be in this world, girl, is someone’s hero. [...] But you will be a girl heroes fear.”

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SPOILER CHAIN OF IRON

Chain of Iron

chapter 26, page 519

"You were not there," Matthew said. "You did not see how happy she was when she thought Wayland The Smith had chosen her to be his paladin. I- I know what is like, to do something you thought was good, and have turn out to be a terrible mistake."

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Chain of Iron

chapter 26, page 511

"Our lives rarely turn out the way we expect them to, [...]"

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Chain of Iron

chapter 26, page 510

Lucie watched them silently. She wanted to go with her friends, wanted it badly, but it was her duty to save Jesse; no one else could do it. It was her power. She had to use it, abused it even; if she did not turn it into some kind of good, then what was she? James has used his power more than once to save lives.

It was her turn now.