Death was unpleasant, but it was a familiar and tolerable ache in his chest.

“Truth is irrefutable and untainted by bias. Sunrise, Abram, death: these are truths.”
― The King's Men
― The King's Men
“Is your learning curve a horizontal line?”
― The King's Men
― The King's Men
“All eyes are on you. It's time to show them what you're made of. There's no room for doubt, no room for second guesses, no room for error. This is your night. This is your game. This is your moment. Seize it with everything you've got. Pull out all the stops and lay it all on the line. Fight because you don't know how to die quietly. Win because you don't know how to lose. This king's ruled long enough—it's time to tear his castle down.”
― The King's Men
― The King's Men
“Your parents are dead, you are not fine, and nothing is going to be okay. This is not news to you. But from now until May you are still Neil Josten and I am still the man who said he would keep you alive.”
― The Raven King
― The Raven King
“But was this peace or cowardice, and was this survival or avoidance?”
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