what is the purpose

“It had started with a storm, and in a way, that storm had never ended. Nina had blown into his life with the wind and rain and set his world spinning. He'd been off balance ever since.”

“Kaz knew death. He could feel its presence on the ship now, looming over them, ready to take his Wraith.”

“The sound of her voice, pleading with him. He'd dreamed of this. Sometimes she pleaded for mercy. Sometimes there were other things she begged for.”

“Please, my darling Inej, treasure of my heart, won't you do me the honour of acquiring me a new hat?”

“She felt slightly guilty for eavesdropping on Kaz, but he was the one who had turned her into a spy. You couldn't train a falcon, then expect it not to hunt.”

“We're supposed to be gods together, and yet you want to destroy our destiny?”

“I love him.”

“I once thought you to be a god. I loved you.”

“It's one thing to question your mind. It's another to question your eyes and ears. But then again, isn't it all the same, our senses just mediocre inputs for our brain? Sure, we rely on them, trust they accurately portray the real world around us, but what if the haunting truth is, they can't? That what we perceive isn't the real world at all, but just our mind's best guess?”

“If someone asks for your patience... they're asking for your surrender.”

“Wussy, you gotta be more detailed, the Devil is in that shit!”

“It was like my way out of that black hole. But it led me right into another one. It hurt a lot less, for a while, anyway.”

“It seems like we're always thinking of ourselves when looking for something that's lost. We never think much about the lost. Whatever, whoever is unable to be found. Whether it's a set of keys we've left somewhere, forgotten, a couple of guys wandering aimlessly in the woods. Or someone who's disappeared inside himself. And what if that's what they wanted all along? Not to be found.”

“You're wrong. I don't like being an outsider either. Maybe I'm just good at hiding it.”