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So here's the truth - I love you. I love everything about you — the way you stick up for people even when it costs you. The way you keep trying to do the right thing even when you're not exactly sure what the right thing is. I love how you put words together. You're as skilled with words as any knife fighter with a blade. You can put an enemy down on his back, or you can raise people up so they find what's best in themselves. You've changed my life. You've given me the words I need to become whatever I want. You don't talk down to them. You respect them, and anybody can tell you're actually interested in what they have to say. I love the way you ride a horse — how you stick there like an upland thistle, whooping like a Demonai. I love the way you throw back your head and stomp your feet when you dance. I love how you go after what you want — whether it's kisses or a queendom. I love your skin, like copper dusted over with gold. And your eyes — they're the color of a forest lake shaded by evergreens. One of the secret places that only the Demonai know about. I love the scent of you — when you've been out in the fresh air, and that perfume you put behind your ears sometimes. Believe it or not, I even love your road smell — of sweat and horses and leather and wool. I want to breathe you in for the rest of my life. .Cinda Williams Chima
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It's true what they say, then-history is written by the victors.Cinda Williams Chima
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How dare you?' Bayar began, but his voice had lost some of its force. 'How dare you come into this sacred hall, flinging accusations?'' I have not yet made any accusations, ' Willo said. 'Perhaps it is our own guilt clamoring in your ears.Cinda Williams Chima
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How dare you?' Bayar began, but his voice had lost some of its force. 'How dare you come into this sacred hall, flinging accusations?'' I have not yet made any accusations, ' Willo said. 'Perhaps it is your own guilt clamoring in your ears.Cinda Williams Chima
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The only way to get what you want is to make them more afraid of you than they are of each other.Cinda Williams Chima
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For Hanalea the Warrior!Cinda Williams Chima