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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

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

Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly. — Naomi Novik

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

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

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

and a clean pocket-handkerchief. The — Naomi Novik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What do you most wish for, Izzy?"
"Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than such pleasures. — Mary Novik

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

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

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

Success excuses all risks. — Naomi Novik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What an unequaled gift for disaster you have. — Naomi Novik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I wanted to rub handprints through his dust — Naomi Novik

I felt argument coiling in my belly. — Naomi Novik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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