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The Sweet Far Thing

The Sweet Far Thing
Libba Bray

The Sweet Far Thing is a novel by Libba Bray that was released on December 26, 2007. It is the sequel to the best-selling A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels.

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“When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.”

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“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”

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“I'm sorry,' he says simply. 'People make mistakes, Gemma. We take the wrong action for the right reasons, and the right action for the wrong reasons.”

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“We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead.”

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“Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villians… And magic itself is neither good nor bad; it is intent that makes it either.”

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“Instead, I try to adjust to the dawn, letting the tears fall where they may, because it is morning; it is morning and there is so much to see.”

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“The world is a lie… not you and me.”

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“We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic.”

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“A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and trail delicate fingers across my cold cheeks.”

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“It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.”

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“The key holds the truth”

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“There is a time in every life when paths are chosen, character is forged. I could have chosen a different path. But I didn’t. I failed myself.”

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“But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?'
It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.”

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“The night's chilly breath tickles up my neck and finds my ear, whispering secrets only the wind knows.”

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“War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.”

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“True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry.”

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“But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on.”

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