“He moved to sniff some white-and-yellow flowers.A nightmare. This was a nightmare. You cant really like flowers.Again those dark eyes shifted to her. Blinked once. I most certainly do, he seemed to...”

“She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled out a dagger. Her dagger. He extended it to her, it's long blade gleaming as if he'd been secretl...”

“And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'.”

“He looked at his friend, perhaps for the last time, and said what he had always known, from the moment theyd met, when hed understood that the prince was his brother in soul. I love you.”

“When your people are lying dead around you, don't come crying to me...”

“Aelin is alive.”

“She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled out a dagger. Her dagger. He extended it to her, it's long blade gleaming as if he'd been secretl...”

“And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'.”

“It was not the sorrowful, lovely piece she had once played for Dorian, and it was not the light, dancing melodies she'd played for sport; it was not the complex and clever pieces she had played for...”

“My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered, "and I will not be afraid.”

“I like music," she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling ar...”

“Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow.”