Sherwood Smith, Crown Duel
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"Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt."
"A horse blanket, Mel?I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right fo"
"Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same."
"Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?"They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us."
"But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself."