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Naomi Novik quotes: and if they were both outcast for the same reason, they might at least have the pleasure of each other's society for compensation.

and if they were both outcast for the same reason, they might at least have the pleasure of each other's society for compensation.

Naomi Novik quotes: Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.

Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.

Naomi Novik quotes: Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly.

Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly.

Naomi Novik quotes: If I were very offensive, do you suppose they would go away now?

If I were very offensive, do you suppose they would go away now?

Naomi Novik quotes: A life before you in the moment isn't worth a hundred elsewhere, three months from now.

A life before you in the moment isn't worth a hundred elsewhere, three months from now.

Naomi Novik quotes: That was a story, too; they all had stories.

That was a story, too; they all had stories.

Naomi Novik quotes: and a clean pocket-handkerchief. The

and a clean pocket-handkerchief. The

Naomi Novik quotes: Her fire was roaring, her silhouette raising showers of orange sparks with a hammer made of shadow.

Her fire was roaring, her silhouette raising showers of orange sparks with a hammer made of shadow.

Naomi Novik quotes: What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons.

What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons.

Naomi Novik quotes: He wasn't a person, he was a lord and a wizard, a strange creature on another plane entirely, as far removed as storms and pestilence.

He wasn't a person, he was a lord and a wizard, a strange creature on another plane entirely, as far removed as storms and pestilence.

Naomi Novik quotes: Now come on. Let's find the baby unicorns and get out of here.

Now come on. Let's find the baby unicorns and get out of here.

Naomi Novik quotes: I had forgotten to fear him, from too much time spent too close.

I had forgotten to fear him, from too much time spent too close.

Naomi Novik quotes: There's no kindness in offering false hope.

There's no kindness in offering false hope.

Naomi Novik quotes: Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

Naomi Novik quotes: I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation.

I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation.

Naomi Novik quotes: It's a lie that matches his desire.

It's a lie that matches his desire.

Naomi Novik quotes: I am of the opinion", Tharkay said, "that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.

I am of the opinion", Tharkay said, "that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.

Naomi Novik quotes: It seems perfectly plain to me that it is war itself which must be halted, without wanting one side or another defeated in particular.

It seems perfectly plain to me that it is war itself which must be halted, without wanting one side or another defeated in particular.

Naomi Novik quotes: Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold.

Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold.

Naomi Novik quotes: She's been living alone with a man for ten years, so of course she's ruined, even though the girls all say he never puts a hand on them.

She's been living alone with a man for ten years, so of course she's ruined, even though the girls all say he never puts a hand on them.

Naomi Novik quotes: If Napoleon can seek to ascend all the thrones of Europe, I suppose we may go dragging them out from under him

If Napoleon can seek to ascend all the thrones of Europe, I suppose we may go dragging them out from under him

Naomi Novik quotes: The cows were all running around their pen in manic terror.

The cows were all running around their pen in manic terror.

Naomi Novik quotes: I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you

I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you

Naomi Novik quotes: They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives no thought to the spring.

They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives no thought to the spring.

Naomi Novik quotes: All those stories must have ended this same way, with someone tired going home from a field full of death, but no one ever sang this part.

All those stories must have ended this same way, with someone tired going home from a field full of death, but no one ever sang this part.

Naomi Novik quotes: I'm not your dear girl, Kasia said, with a bite in her tone that silenced him.

I'm not your dear girl, Kasia said, with a bite in her tone that silenced him.

Naomi Novik quotes: The Dragon hissed under his breath with annoyance: how dare a chimaera inconvenience him, coming out of season.

The Dragon hissed under his breath with annoyance: how dare a chimaera inconvenience him, coming out of season.

Naomi Novik quotes: Listen, you impossible creature," he said, "I'm a century and more older than""Oh, be quiet," I said impatiently.

Listen, you impossible creature," he said, "I'm a century and more older than
"
"Oh, be quiet," I said impatiently.

Naomi Novik quotes: Success excuses all risks.

Success excuses all risks.

Naomi Novik quotes: I needn't be offended every time I have to look at you

I needn't be offended every time I have to look at you

Naomi Novik quotes: Keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature,

Keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature,

Naomi Novik quotes: No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back, Temeraire said.

No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back, Temeraire said.

Naomi Novik quotes: No, my dear," he said at last, softly, knowing it was only the truth. "I would rather have you than any ship in the Navy.

No, my dear," he said at last, softly, knowing it was only the truth. "I would rather have you than any ship in the Navy.

Naomi Novik quotes: There's a considerable distance between seeking perfection and irretrievable haste,

There's a considerable distance between seeking perfection and irretrievable haste,

Naomi Novik quotes: I will never let Berkley commit treason, ever," Maximus said, "but if he did, I would step on anyone who tried to hang him.

I will never let Berkley commit treason, ever," Maximus said, "but if he did, I would step on anyone who tried to hang him.

Naomi Novik quotes: I am not whimpering, at all," Temeraire muttered, and added, "ow!" There

I am not whimpering, at all," Temeraire muttered, and added, "ow!" There

Naomi Novik quotes: I don't like to be coarse, but if I did, I would be!-Granby commenting on something Rankin has said.

I don't like to be coarse, but if I did, I would be!
-Granby commenting on something Rankin has said.

Naomi Novik quotes: Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.

Naomi Novik quotes: The French seized his arms and put a blade to his throat, calling to Eroica, "Geben Sie oben,

The French seized his arms and put a blade to his throat, calling to Eroica, "Geben Sie oben,

Naomi Novik quotes: You intolerable lunatic, he snarled at me, and then he caught my face between his hands and kissed me.

You intolerable lunatic, he snarled at me, and then he caught my face between his hands and kissed me.

Naomi Novik quotes: And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?

And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?

Naomi Novik quotes: I was a glaring blot on the perfection. But I didn't care: I didn't feel I owed him beauty.

I was a glaring blot on the perfection. But I didn't care: I didn't feel I owed him beauty.

Naomi Novik quotes: There was a song in this forest, too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage.

There was a song in this forest, too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage.

Naomi Novik quotes: After a moment, he said, in almost marveling tones, 'Are you deranged?

After a moment, he said, in almost marveling tones, 'Are you deranged?

Naomi Novik quotes: It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.

It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.

Naomi Novik quotes: They moved out of Jena early the next morning, with Prince Louis and the rest of the advance guard, for the town of Saalfeld,

They moved out of Jena early the next morning, with Prince Louis and the rest of the advance guard, for the town of Saalfeld,

Naomi Novik quotes: And listen to me: what you've done here carries power with it, of a different sort. Don't let Solya take all the credit, and don't be shy of using it.

And listen to me: what you've done here carries power with it, of a different sort. Don't let Solya take all the credit, and don't be shy of using it.

Naomi Novik quotes: The river flows to the sea, whatever the wind says about it

The river flows to the sea, whatever the wind says about it

Naomi Novik quotes: Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

Naomi Novik quotes: then he spluttered at me, "You impossible, wretched, nonsensical contradiction, what on earth have you done now?" I

then he spluttered at me, "You impossible, wretched, nonsensical contradiction, what on earth have you done now?" I

Naomi Novik quotes: I watched them roam awhile, and had a small weep, but even grief had its limits. By dinner-time I was horribly bored.

I watched them roam awhile, and had a small weep, but even grief had its limits. By dinner-time I was horribly bored.

Naomi Novik quotes: What an unequaled gift for disaster you have.

What an unequaled gift for disaster you have.

Naomi Novik quotes: Solya may not be wicked, but he likes to be too clever for everyone's good.

Solya may not be wicked, but he likes to be too clever for everyone's good.

Naomi Novik quotes: We may meet again; the world is not after all so very large a place." He

We may meet again; the world is not after all so very large a place." He

Naomi Novik quotes: (Temeraire "Can one hire a translator to say things properly?""Yes; they are called lawyers," Tharkay said, and laughed softly to himself.

(Temeraire "Can one hire a translator to say things properly?"
"Yes; they are called lawyers," Tharkay said, and laughed softly to himself.

Naomi Novik quotes: Let her out!" I screamed at the tree. I beat on its trunk with my muddy fists. "Let her out, or I'll bring you down! Fulmia!" I cried out in

Let her out!" I screamed at the tree. I beat on its trunk with my muddy fists. "Let her out, or I'll bring you down! Fulmia!" I cried out in rage ...

Naomi Novik quotes: We're meant to go. We're not meant to stay forever.

We're meant to go. We're not meant to stay forever.

Naomi Novik quotes: I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

Naomi Novik quotes: It felt like a war between two endless things, between a bottomless chasm and a running river.

It felt like a war between two endless things, between a bottomless chasm and a running river.

Naomi Novik quotes: And I wasn't old enough to be wise, so I loved her more, not less, because I knew she would be taken from me soon.

And I wasn't old enough to be wise, so I loved her more, not less, because I knew she would be taken from me soon.

Naomi Novik quotes: So I put together a street-going rig and came up with the courier.

So I put together a street-going rig and came up with the courier.

Naomi Novik quotes: You've been inexpressibly lucky," he said finally. "And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing

You've been inexpressibly lucky," he said finally. "And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing

Naomi Novik quotes: I'm not stupid, nor a liar," I said, "and if I can't do any good, I can at least do something

I'm not stupid, nor a liar," I said, "and if I can't do any good, I can at least do something

Naomi Novik quotes: No one had made her talk to me, or be in my company. I couldn't understand why she would have gone to the trouble just to be unpleasant.

No one had made her talk to me, or be in my company. I couldn't understand why she would have gone to the trouble just to be unpleasant.

Naomi Novik quotes: Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.

Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.

Naomi Novik quotes: Magic was singing in me, through me; I felt the murmur of his power singing back that same song.

Magic was singing in me, through me; I felt the murmur of his power singing back that same song.

Naomi Novik quotes: I'm an engineer and a writer. And I find that those two things are not uncomplementary.

I'm an engineer and a writer. And I find that those two things are not uncomplementary.

Naomi Novik quotes: Everyone says you love a Dragon-born girl differently as she gets older; you can't help it, knowing you so easily might lose her.

Everyone says you love a Dragon-born girl differently as she gets older; you can't help it, knowing you so easily might lose her.

Naomi Novik quotes: I wanted to rub handprints through his dust

I wanted to rub handprints through his dust

Naomi Novik quotes: I felt argument coiling in my belly.

I felt argument coiling in my belly.

Naomi Novik quotes: What perfectly sensible advice. It sat in my stomach, an indigestible lump.

What perfectly sensible advice. It sat in my stomach, an indigestible lump.

Naomi Novik quotes: Feiglings!" Eroica bellowed after them at the top of his lungs as they clawed and scattered his wing dragons.

Feiglings!" Eroica bellowed after them at the top of his lungs as they clawed and scattered his wing dragons.

Naomi Novik quotes: If you don't want a man dead, don't bludgeon him over the head repeatedly.

If you don't want a man dead, don't bludgeon him over the head repeatedly.

Naomi Novik quotes: It is quite uninteresting; that is why one comes out. - Temeraire, on being inside an egg

It is quite uninteresting; that is why one comes out.
- Temeraire, on being inside an egg

Naomi Novik quotes: he would not neglect what he considered his duty for the sake of being liked.

he would not neglect what he considered his duty for the sake of being liked.

Naomi Novik quotes: She didn't mean anything, Kasia said, brave brave brave, the way I hadn't been for her.

She didn't mean anything, Kasia said, brave brave brave, the way I hadn't been for her.

Naomi Novik quotes: We leave tonight," he continued, very cold and calm, "and we take the eggs with us.

We leave tonight," he continued, very cold and calm, "and we take the eggs with us.

Naomi Novik quotes: Elsie eyed him puzzledly, and then offered, Would you like to see my plate?

Elsie eyed him puzzledly, and then offered, Would you like to see my plate?