51 quotes found
“Do notforget duty. But choose love when you can.”
“Even if the job youre assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.”
“Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop.""What?""What I said. Just say, 'Rai, I don't love you and I never will'. It's that simple.""Raisa, this is getting us nowhere.""Say it!”
“Come on! We've had too many dead heroes. Being a coward increases your odds of survival-that's my motto. I'm counting on bieng faster than them.”
“You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.”
“Commander! Sir! Wake up!"Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.”
“How dare you?' Bayar began, but his voice had lost some of its force. 'How dare you come into this sacred hall, flinging accusations?''I have not yet made any accusations,' Willo said. 'Perhaps it ...”
“The only way to get what you want is to make them more afraid of you than they are of each other.”
“Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.”
“She could hear the rattle of hooves on stone evolve into a thunder of pursuit.”
“For Hanalea the Warrior!”
“Imagine what it's like to be (untouchable)Better not take a chance on me (untouchable)I'm the bad boy your mama told you aboutI'm dangerous, without a doubtEven coming off a ten-year droughtUntouch...”
“Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.”
“Do you think I'm stupid? Only a fool would use a fast-acting poison on a target with a taster. The taster goes down before the king gets it into his system." Lila blinked at him, as if surprised by...”
“Emma was horrified and transfixed at the same time. She was watching Jonah Kinlock doing what he did best. There was a certain macabre beauty in watching form and function wedded together. In Jonah...”
“Aftera brief silence, Kenzie said, "Don't you believe in second chances?"The room seemed a little colder, a little darker, as if a shadow had passed over the sun. "Sonny Lee always said, 'Fool me o...”
“I continueto believe in miracles. But i know that miracles come to thosewho work very hard”
“I need to go to parties, Raisa mused, so I don't think so much.”
“All at once it seemed like too much of a betrayal to continue to pretend that his brother was delirious, hallucinating, not in his right mind. Lying when he was telling the truth. Maybe Kenzie was ...”
“Can you see why I can't stand a lie? People have been lying to me all my life. Even the person I loved the most in the world."Sometimes people lie for good reasons," Jonah said. "To keep you safe, ...”
