“He looked both proud and guilty of something. As if happiness was a reward and he wasn't sure he'd done enough to deserve it.”
“I wasn't sure what I'd done to deserve such a wonderful gift, and I wasn't sure if it was insolent, but I thanked God for fallen angels.”
“She looked across the room at Will , she wasn't sure why, only to find that he was looking back at her. They both glanced hastily away.”
“He might be out of her skin, but she'd left him as something other than what he'd been before- not moral, but not strong enough to deserve the title of Dark King.”
“He's bound to have done something,” Nobby repeated.In this he was echoing the Patrician's view of crime and punishment. If there was crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, in general terms, justice was done.”
“he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.”