Arcturus Mesarthim személy

'You have risen from the ashes before. The only way to survive,’ he said, ‘is to believe you always will.’

– Azt is tudnod kell, hogy a képzést kivéve tilos köztünk bármiféle testi kontaktus. Még kesztyűben is.
– Tehát ha sebesülten találnék rád, a szobádban- kezdtem- , akkor hagynom kéne, hogy meghalj?
– Igen.
Hazug! Nem sikerült elég hamar elharapnom a következő mondatot.
– Ezt az utasítást örömmel be fogom tartani.

157. oldal

“Everything here is dying. Even your fuels are made of decomposed matter. Humans use death as a means of sustaining life.”

16. Flower and Flesh

“You can never want too much. That’s how they silence us,” I said. “They told us we were lucky to be in the penal colony instead of the æther. Lucky to be murdered with NiteKind, not the noose. Lucky to be alive, even if we weren’t free. They told us to stop wanting more than what they gave us, because what they gave us was more than we deserved.” I picked up my jacket. “You’re not a prisoner any more, Arcturus.”

19. Ciuleandra

“You are a fool, Paige Mahoney.” His voice was darkest velvet. “A headstrong fool.”
“Aren’t you used to it by now?”
“You exceeded my expectations.”

24. The Crossing

Sometimes, the best way to honor the dead is to simply keep living.

18. Vigil

‘Is it not ill-mannered to ask to read a private journal, Paige?’
‘As we’ve long established, I don’t like you. I don’t care if you think I’m ill-mannered.’
‘Hm. Now I think I will keep my journal to myself.’
‘Like you would have shown me either way.’
‘You will have to live with the uncertainty.’

Chapter 1 Here Lies the Heart

‘If I’d asked, you might have refused. Like you refused to bring Liss and Julian in here.’
‘A decision I have already explained.’
‘An explanation I’ve already decided is bullshit.’
‘You are entitled to your opinion.’

Chapter 1 Here Lies the Heart

‘I did not think it would depress you this deeply, since mortals are familiar with the concept of impending death.’
‘I can’t even tell if you’re joking.’
‘I will leave you to wonder.’

Chapter 1 Here Lies the Heart

‘The fireplace is false,’ I said.
Warden glanced at it. ‘Yes.’
‘But how are you—’ A wild laugh was bubbling up. ‘How are you going to cope?’
‘Cope,’ he repeated.
‘You need a fire. To stare into, pensively. Did you know,’ I said to him, ‘that you do that a lot?’

Prelude