51 quotes found
“For Hanalea the Warrior!”
“Even when we win, we lose, Lyss thought.”
“Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.”
“Do notforget duty. But choose love when you can.”
“Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble.”
“I need to go to parties, Raisa mused, so I don't think so much.”
“Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.”
“So here's the truth - I love you. I love everything about you the way you stick up for people even when it costs you. The way you keep trying to do the right thing even when you're not exactly sur...”
“Matelon gripped both her hands. We are soldiers, he said. We are not game pieces on a board. Dont let them play us. Give this thing a chance.Lyss gently pulled free. Youre wrong, Captain, she said....”
“The northern soldiers are just men, Hal told the men in his command. And women, he amended. When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.”
“His name was Theo.”
“Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?”
“You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?”
“Allison was at full strength when it came to one thing:attitude.”
“Surround yourselves with trustworthy people. If you don't, all the weaponry and tactics in the world can't save you.”
“His father always treated him as if he were capable of great things. Which made him want to accomplish great things.”
“Whoa, Rebecca," Talia said smiling even wider, "Walking on the wild side, are we?"Raisa seemed to think the situation needed more explaining. "He - uh - I'm tutoring him.""She is," Han said solemnl...”
“You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you.""Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?”
“Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead."Don't you die. don't you dare. I forbid it." As if Han Alister had eve...”
“If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth."It's that bad?"Raisa nodded. "He looked...he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn't know if he'll...”
“Han spotted a childs homespun dolly in the ditch, pressed into the mud. He reined in, meaning to climb down and fetch it so he could clean it up for his little sister. Then he remembered that Mari ...”
“They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal and hiss of flame was like music written just for them. They fought for glory, but n...”
“It's true what they say, then-history is written by the victors.”
“Please, Kenzie, Jonah thought. Please, please, please back off from this. His life wasn't much, but it was all he had, this small safe space, walled in by secrets.”
