“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...”

“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 had not understood what it had been like for him to live his entire life underground, chained and beaten and crippleduntil then. Until she heard that noise of undiluted, unyielding joy.Until sh...”

“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...”

“But they held tighter to each other, past and present and future; flickering between an ancient hall in a mountain castle perched above Orynth, a bridge suspended between glass towers, and another ...”

“Imagine, if you will:Meradinis!The stuff myths are made of! The Turtle Island of the stars home planet to the fearsome and once legendary Corsairs. The very name of this world immediately grabbed ...”

“Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people will be able to see their similaritie...”

“We are all dust passing through the air, the difference is, some are flying high in the sky, while others are flying low. But eventually, we all settle on the same ground.”

“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is thread, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.”

“I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.”

“The strongest bonds are of the heart.”