01c. 1976 ADIf we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon bits of rock.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
02c. 1976 ADEveryone was willing to take some small risk to lessen the damage of their ambition and disorder and lawlessness.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
04c. 1976 ADFor most of the process, nothing but faith, fueled by your own stubbornness, will be pulling you along. The work that you've done on the book so far won't be much comfort, because so much of it will be insufferable crap, until the very last moment, when you figure out how to fix it and everything comes together.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
05c. 1976 ADFire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
07c. 1976 ADHe held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard that unless the kingdom fell to war or his daughter was dying, he better not be interrupted until further notice.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
10c. 1976 ADThings don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
11c. 1976 ADWell. I always like it when you kiss me.Do you?You're good at it.Well, that's lucky, because I'll always be kissing you.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
12c. 1976 ADCircumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
13c. 1976 ADNot all sons were like their fathers. A son chose the man he would be.Not all daughters were like their fathers. A daughter monster chose the monster she would be.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
14c. 1976 ADIf she was suggesting she was too wise with the weight of her experience to fall prey to infatuation - well, the disproof was sitting before her in the form of a gray-eyed prince with a thoughtful set to his mouth that she found quite distracting.”Fire, Kristin Cashore“If she was suggesting she was too wise with the weight of her experience to fall prey to infatuation - well, the disproof was sitting before her in the form of a gray-eyed prince with a thoughtful set to his mouth that she found quite distracting.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
15c. 1976 ADHer fingers flew, her fiddle was an entire orchestra, and every note beautifully brought into being struck a chord of satisfaction within her. She wondered at the unfamiliar lightness in her chest and realised she was laughing. So great was her focus, it took her a while to register the strange expression that crept to Brocker's face as he listened, finger tapping the armrest of his chair. His eyes were fixed behind Fire and to the right, in the direction of Archer's back doorway. Fire comprehended that someone must be standing in Archer's entrance, someone Brocker watched with startled eyes. And then everything happened at once. Fire recognised the mind in the doorway; she spun around, fiddle and bow screeching apart; she stared at Prince Brigan leaning against the door frame.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
16c. 1976 ADSome of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
20c. 1976 ADAre you determined to leave me in this world to live without my heart?’ Archer asked. ‘Because that’s what you very nearly did.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
22c. 1976 ADYour horse is named Small.Yes.Mine is named Big.-Fire and BriganKristin Cashore / quote ↗
24c. 1976 ADIf we knew a person was going to die, we’d hold harder to the memories.Kristin Cashore / quote ↗
