When she was young, she’d thought he was old, and now that he was old, Alice realized how young he’d been. Perspective was unfair.
“Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take the risk.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“They were monsters!" Rin shrieked. "They were not human!"
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
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