The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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Ravus nodded again. “I will make you as terrible as you desire.”
“I don’t want to be-,” she started, but he up his hand.“I know you’re very brave,” he said.
“Or stupid.”
“And stupid. Brave and stupid.” Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. “But nothing can stop you from bein terrible once you’ve learned how.”
Valiant by Holly Black, one of my favourite books ever…
This is one of my favorite illustrations of Ravus ever.
Eddi finally noticed the amber color of the stuff in the glass, and smelled the brandy fumes. ‘That’s not for medicinal purposes.’
‘I’m not surprised. I have been consuming it steadily for the last hour, and I can assure you, it was not made for the sake of pleasurable drinking.’ He spoke more slowly than usual, but just as clearly.
‘Then why,’ Eddi asked carefully, ‘have you been drinking it?’
‘Perhaps because I needed physicking, my heart. Or perhaps not. Tell me, what do you keep it on hand to cure?’
‘Head colds.’
‘Ah, that’s the problem, then. I haven’t got one.’
She sighed. ‘Who writes your dialogue, Lewis Carroll?’
‘I’m not surprised. I have been consuming it steadily for the last hour, and I can assure you, it was not made for the sake of pleasurable drinking.’ He spoke more slowly than usual, but just as clearly.
‘Then why,’ Eddi asked carefully, ‘have you been drinking it?’
‘Perhaps because I needed physicking, my heart. Or perhaps not. Tell me, what do you keep it on hand to cure?’
‘Head colds.’
‘Ah, that’s the problem, then. I haven’t got one.’
She sighed. ‘Who writes your dialogue, Lewis Carroll?’
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from War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
(via carmillas) Este es uno de mis libros favoritos y se merece ser mucho más famoso y conocido de lo que es… |
