“I have loved you all my life, Mal," I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.”

“He doesnt need a donkey, says Ana Kuya. He has a wife.”

“I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.”

“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”

“Mal snickered. "What's so funny?""I just pictured the Darkling being cornered by a sweaty duchess trying to have her way with him.”

“You just punched a prince, Alina. I guess we can add one more act of treason to our list.I shook out my sore hand. My knuckles smarted. First of all, are we so sure he really is a prince? And secon...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”