Jade War (The Green Bone Saga #2) (2019)

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Favorite Quotes

• “People are born selfish; babies are the most selfish creatures, even though they’re helpless and wouldn’t survive a day on their own. Growing up and losing that selfishness–that’s what civilization is, that’s what sets us above beasts.” - Hilo

• ...but even the largest, most powerful creature would fear a plague of rats, moving in the dark with sharp teeth and carrying disease.

• Anden had been waiting to hear those words come out of his cousin’s mouth for years. Now, however, he felt no great relief or happiness–only the sort of heaviness that comes from wanting something for so long that the final achievement of it is a loss–because the waiting is over and the waiting has become too much a part of oneself to let go of easily.

• The possibility of death was like the weather—you could make attempts to predict it, but you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to threat of rain.