Quotes by Kristin Cashore

“If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon bits of rock.”

“Everyone was willing to take some small risk to lessen the damage of their ambition and disorder and lawlessness.”

“She would thump them both, and she would apologize to neither.”

“Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tr...”

“Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.”

“He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard t...”

“There isn't a simple person anywhere in this world.”

“You cannot measure love by a scale of degrees.”

“Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.”

“Well. I always like it when you kiss me.Do you?You're good at it.Well, that's lucky, because I'll always be kissing you.”

“Circumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.”

“Not all sons were like their fathers. A son chose the man he would be.Not all daughters were like their fathers. A daughter monster chose the monster she would be.”

“Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious.”

“Everyone wants a little bit of something beautiful.”

“Men are daft around women, incautious and boastful.”

“Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.”

“Are you determined to leave me in this world to live without my heart?’ Archer asked. ‘Because that’s what you very nearly did.”

“What man can hate or love well when he is drugged?”

“Your horse is named Small.Yes.Mine is named Big.-Fire and Brigan”

“People want incongruous, impossible things.”