" Though I had already read all those books, I wanted to open them again just to search out the parts he most treasured; I wanted to read them as if immersed in his mind."

That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
"I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible.

"I am a Shotet. I am sharp as broken glass, and just as fragile. I tell lies better than I tell truths. I see all of the galaxy and never catch a glimpse of it." So I've decided to see what this is all about! ? I am on Instagram as well - @Theflickeringpages

Each of the scars, the chipped teeth and broken claws, the mutilated tail—­they ­weren‘t the markings of a victim. Oh, no. They ­were the trophies of a survivor. Abraxos was a warrior who‘d had all the odds stacked against him and survived. Learned from it. Triumphed.