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The Black Star of Kingston

S.D. Smith

Top 10 Best Quotes

“My place beside you. My blood for yours. Till the Green Ember rises, or the end of the world!”

“We may find pleasure in our duty, but our duty is not our own pleasure.”

“I am afraid... But I keep on loving what's on the other side of this fight, and that will have to make me brave.”

“Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler.”

“young, of course. But perhaps it will ground him a little.” “He’s a hard one to wrangle, that’s for sure. He”

“Whitson felt a great wave of sadness then. But it crashed, as always, on a shore of hope. At least when he looked at his son.”

“The argument got quieter, and more civil. In fact, all across the docks and on board the ships, the loud shouts and constant chatter died down as the king approached and rabbits suddenly all looked sharp. That is, all except Jimmi Docker, who burst into an exuberant, unintelligible song. He was singing with his pipe in his mouth as he worked. Fleck shook his head as his”

“My place beside you. My blood for yours. We are in this together, my friend. As you are bound to me, I am bound to you. So long as you remain loyal to the king, I am loyal to you. I am on your side. I am a brother to you.”

“I am afraid," Fleck said, tenderly touching the prince's head. "But I keep on loving what's on the other side of this fight. And that will have to make me brave.”

“But I still say that vigilance is our clear duty. We can easily underestimate what we cannot easily understand." "Mysteries are only perils in disguise," King Whitson said...”

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Book Keywords:

sacrifice, bravery, power

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