Bistre

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Made by shadowsong26

Theme: Literary

1. There are many kinds of beauty.
2. Kin is not the same as family.
3. There is a difference between loving and being in love.
4. We break each others' hearts, but we mend them, too.
5. O, dear my lord, Let this breast on which you have leant, Serve now as your shield.
6. Her smile went through me like a spear.
7. I have discovered that a beautiful face and a facile wit can conceal great strength of character.
8. Questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
9. Never despise a trick because it is simple; the old ploys endure because they work.
10. Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt those we love best?
11. Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is as inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow in its wake.
12. Prophecies never know the blood-price they exact.
13. Those who are too rigid in their beliefs will break rather than bend with fortune's blows.
14. It didn't make sense, not really; but truths of the heart owe nothing to logic.
15. It's all right to yearn for things you can't even name.
16. Is it worth destroying a thing to save it?
17. All knowledge is worth having.
18. Genius requires an audience.
19. The links that bind one person's ambition and desire to another's fate are complicated things.
20. The affairs of humanity tend to be messy and complicated. And at the same time, it's the simplest thing in the world.
21. All I'm asking is that you stop treating me like I'm an actor miscast in your own personal tragedy through no fault of my own.
22. All is forgiven, though nothing is the same.
23. If I'm to be damned for what I've done, I'll be damned in full and not by halves.
24. How do you wish to die, Admiral? At the hands of numbers, or dreams?
25. That is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.
26. Do you suppose that when we tell our brooding, haughty horde the glorious tale of their parents' exploits, we might leave that part out of it?
27. To damnation and beyond. I have sworn it.
28. I keep my promises.
29. That which yields is not always weak.
30. There was life, in all its messy splendor. And always and always, there was love.

From Kushiel's Legacy

Plain text version:
Bistre Made by shadowsong26 Theme: Literary 1. There are many kinds of beauty. 2. Kin is not the same as family. 3. There is a difference between loving and being in love. 4. We break each others' hearts, but we mend them, too. 5. O, dear my lord, Let this breast on which you have leant, Serve now as your shield. 6. Her smile went through me like a spear. 7. I have discovered that a beautiful face and a facile wit can conceal great strength of character. 8. Questions are dangerous, for they have answers. 9. Never despise a trick because it is simple; the old ploys endure because they work. 10. Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt those we love best? 11. Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is as inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow in its wake. 12. Prophecies never know the blood-price they exact. 13. Those who are too rigid in their beliefs will break rather than bend with fortune's blows. 14. It didn't make sense, not really; but truths of the heart owe nothing to logic. 15. It's all right to yearn for things you can't even name. 16. Is it worth destroying a thing to save it? 17. All knowledge is worth having. 18. Genius requires an audience. 19. The links that bind one person's ambition and desire to another's fate are complicated things. 20. The affairs of humanity tend to be messy and complicated. And at the same time, it's the simplest thing in the world. 21. All I'm asking is that you stop treating me like I'm an actor miscast in your own personal tragedy through no fault of my own. 22. All is forgiven, though nothing is the same. 23. If I'm to be damned for what I've done, I'll be damned in full and not by halves. 24. How do you wish to die, Admiral? At the hands of numbers, or dreams? 25. That is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike. 26. Do you suppose that when we tell our brooding, haughty horde the glorious tale of their parents' exploits, we might leave that part out of it? 27. To damnation and beyond. I have sworn it. 28. I keep my promises. 29. That which yields is not always weak. 30. There was life, in all its messy splendor. And always and always, there was love. From Kushiel's Legacy

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