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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Top 10 Best Quotes

“One flesh, one end, bitch.”

“I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it”

“I have tried to dismantle you, Gideon Nav! The Ninth House poisoned you, we trod you underfoot—I took you to this killing field as my slave—you refuse to die, and you pity me! Strike me down. You’ve won. I’ve lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you.”

“Her adept said: "I'll keep it off you. Nav, show them what the Ninth House does." Gideon lifted her sword. The construct worked itself free of its last confines of masonry and rotten wood and heaved before them, flexing itself like a butterfly. "We do bones, motherfucker," she said.”

“But Gideon was experiencing one powerful emotion: being sick of everyone’s shit.”

“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it." "Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon." "Fuck you, Nav—”

“While we were developing common sense, she studied the blade.”

“Harrowhark said, in the exact sepulchral tones of Marshal Crux: “Death first to vultures and scavengers.”

“If you do not find yourself a galaxy, it is not so bad to find yourself a star.”

“Maybe it's that I find the idea comforting...that thousands of years after you're gone...is when you really live. That your echo is louder than your voice is.”

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Book Keywords:

gideon, harrow, humor, queer-love, queer, harrowhark-nonagesimus, harrowhawk, inspirational, gideon-the-ninth

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