22 quotes found
“In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.”
“I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.”
“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”
“Because today, I think I'm leaning on the side of wonder.”
“I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting.”
“Do you love me? he asked instead. Because if you dont, Id wait until you did. Id wait weeks and months and years.”
“Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to their vices and the doubts that crowded their head. Their hatred. Their envy.”
“There's a song that I hear at the back of my heart that I feared for so long, when I sensed you were there. And I think of those times when you crept into my dreams and I thought you a threat to cu...”
“What if she's all I give you in this life of ours, my love?" she asked quietly. "Then I'll shout at the goddess in fury," he said fiercely. "I'll beg to know why I've been given so much when other ...”
“Phaedra looked across the water and her eyes met Lucians. Their needs came second. It came from the privilege of being tr”
“Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us.”
“Phaedra of Alonsos death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage.”
“She made a sound of regret. We come second, you and I, Luc-ien, she said. Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.She placed her head back against h...”
“Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it's a gift...”
“In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if were fortunate, we still manage to have a good life.”
“Imagine the state of one's mind if they were to recall its details. All those months cocooned and then the onslaught of this ugly world. Lights and noise and strangeness. It's no wonder we scream w...”
“Why question what Froi of Lumatere was doing here?' he asked.' When you should be questioning what would have happened to Charyn if he hadn't been here. Who else would have saved Gargarin of Abroi ...”
“Up in the distance the whistle of the wind sang to her from the mountain. From Lucians mountain. It beckoned and taunted and she wanted to run towards it. To be enveloped in its coat of fleece and ...”
“Phaedra of Alonso’s death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage.”
“Phaedra looked across the water and her eyes met Lucian’s. Their needs came second. It came from the privilege of being tr”
