“Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for thingsfor love, for acceptancethat I do not really need. ...”

“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”

“Why cant I be like that? Why cant I be the father who just shrugs off the love of his daughter? Why cant I be the Lead Inquisitor who enjoys watching his pleading victims burn at the stake? Why can...”

“Enzo inherited a throne. Giulietta relied on her royal blood. Queen Maeve rules Beldain because she was born to it. But true rulers are not born. We are made.”

“Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.”

“Desperation brings out the darkness in everyone," the man said with a shrug.”

“Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for thingsfor love, for acceptancethat I do not really need. ...”

“Dont be afraid, he says with a half smile. Youre with me. His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and d...”

“No. I cannot let him control me.You are mine, Adelina, Enzo growls. Turn your powers against your own fleet.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”