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Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. When you read one of my poems, you fail to see the weeks of careful work it took me to build it--the thinking, the scratched-out words, the pages I burned in disgust. All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see.
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Reading,' Ead said lightly. 'A dangerous pastime.
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There is courage, I think, in open-mindedness, and thinking for oneself. If you are a witch, then perhaps witches are not so wicked after all.
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Paige, you will have two tasks tonight,” he said, turning to face me. “Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?”“Not likely,” I said, “but let's get on with it.
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I do not sleep because I am not only afraid of the monsters at my door, but also of the monsters my own mind can conjure. The ones that live within.
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And I waited for the sun to rise - as it always had, like a song from the night.
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Sabran se recula pour l'examiner. Ead eut un aperçu de ses expressions à la lueur des bougies — le front lisse, les yeux sombres et déterminés — avant qu'elles s'unissent à nouveau, et leur baiser fut cette fois chaud, novice, fondateur, la naissance d'une étoile sur leurs lèvres. Elles étaient des rayons de miel secrets, fragiles et complexes. Ead frissonna quand la nuit accueillie sa peau.
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Cela attiserait la flamme du scandale, et l'incendie grossirait jusqu'à la consumer toutes les deux.Mais Ead considérait le feu comme son ami, et elle plongeait dans la fournaise pour Sabran Berethnet, pour une nuit avec elle. Qu'ils viennent avec leurs épées et leurs torches.Qu'ils viennent.
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His dreamscape sent a tongue of fire across my flowers.
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