01UndatedIt makes the idea of in sickness and in health that much more real to see it play out in front of you.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
03UndatedYou are not the world, but you are everything that makes the world good. Without you, my life would still exist, but that's all it would manage to do.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
05UndatedI'm happy, Ahren. I'm a princess. I have everything.""I think you're mistaking comfort for joy.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
06UndatedIt was dark, so I couldn't make out much of her face, but she had brilliant red hair, like honey and roses and the sun altogether.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
07UndatedTwo of them have asked in the most circumspect and quiet ways possible if there was a chance that you prefer women.”I let out a sound that wasn’t quite a laugh. “Of course, because the only way I could possibly like men is if I bowed down at their feet?Kiera Cass / quote ↗
08UndatedWhen my father is stern, no one chastises him. I don’t think it’s fair that when I act similarly, I’m seen as cruel. I’m making a huge decision, and I’m trying to be wise about it.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
09UndatedYou can be brave and still be feminine. You can lead and still love flowers.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
11UndatedI’m not sure if fate or destiny is real. But I can tell you that sometimes the very thing you’ve been hoping for will walk through the door, determined to fend you off. And still, somehow, you will find that you are enough.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
14UndatedYou were the one who changed us when you left me in the tree house; and you keep thinking that if you push hard enough, you can make everything go back to before that moment. It doesn't work that way. Give me a chance to choose you.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
16UndatedIt doesn't really matter how you feel about your character, it just matters what you do with it.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
17UndatedLet's be honest-we're a pretty intense bunch, yeah? Osten laughed, and Kaden's expression brightend. "But whatever we put her through, it was welcome. She'd rather have forced me to learn penmanship than never have had a daughter. She'd rather have been your living encyclopedia than not connect with us. She'd rather have begged you to sit still than have had only three children. None of this is because of us," I promised.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
18UndatedBreak my heart for what breaks yours. Everything I am for you kingdom's cause, as I walk from nothing to eternity.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
19UndatedHeal my heart and make it clean, open up my eyes to the things unseen, show me how to love like you have loved me.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
20UndatedFor the first time maybe ever, it didn't matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
21UndatedI felt a warm hand touch my forehead. And then my cheek. I held my act steady though Akinli’s touch made me feel more than awake.“Where in the world did you come from, you beautiful, silent girl?” he whispered.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
22UndatedIn an instant, everything in the room came alive. Like the sunshine had a melody and the sounds of footsteps had a texture I could feel in my fingertips each time anyone movedKiera Cass / quote ↗
24UndatedHe grinned back at me, and I remembered how normal he’d made me feel the first time we’d met. Here, once again, he wasn’t bothered by my silence. And I suddenly realized what made me feel so uncomfortable about Elizabeth’s exploits. The people she attracted were drawn to the same thing everyone else was: our glowing skin, dreamy eyes, and air of secrecy. But this boy? He seemed to see more than that. He saw me not just as a mysterious beauty, but as a girl he wanted to know.He didn’t stare at me. He spoke to me.Kiera Cass / quote ↗
