The entire tragedy is told in those five words.
“To my dying day I shall not forget her voice when she said to you: ‘You never told me once.’ It is as good as a poem. The entire tragedy is told in those five words.”
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March 2, 2008 – 05:20 PM
That's from the same chapter as the "story-worthy life" quote. That chapter is practically all dialogue, which I try to stay away from these days... but maybe I do us an injustice. Give Alred a few dozen paragraphs of dialog and poetry starts coming out, or at least quote-worthy phrases.
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Chapters“You know that if you drop a stone into a lake, the ripples will eventually reach every shore. In nearly every way, for nearly everyone, what was supposed to be has come to pass. You had the misfortune of standing beneath the falling stone.”
Ohhh, that's a beautiful one. Wonderfully exemplifies Alred AND Vash's relationship with Iylaine.