“‘What If We Go On … Only To More Pain And Despair? What If We Go On, Only To Find A Horrible End
“‘What if we go on … only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us?’
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‘Then it is not the end.’”
— Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)
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