“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'.”

“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...”

“I have given my word that only death will take me from you.”

“If we stood close to each other, side by side, as true brothers and sisters, then evil would not know how to stand between us.”

“Yet even in the loneliness of the canyon I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to help. We are probably those referred to as "our brother's keepers," ...”

“Centre yourself. Fear will get you killed as easily as a weapon.”

“To four years until freedom," she said lifting her glass.He raised his in salute. "To you, Celaena." Their eyes met, and Chaol didn't hide his smile as she grinned at him. Perhaps four years with h...”

“He'd known, since the moment he figured out who she was, that while Celaena would always pick him, Aelin would not.”