Rae Carson > Quotes

“You won’t know how strong you are until you know how strong you have to be.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“I want him to kiss me, even though my heart squeezes with wrongness. I want to feel the victory of being desired by someone I once found desirable.”
― Rae Carson

“Murder is no less a crime when the victim is common born.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Did you bring three personal items, recruit?” he asks.
“Yes, my lord!” I say.
“What are they?”
“Love for my kingdom, love for my king, and love for my queen, my lord!”
He pauses for a long time before he nods. “I can work with that,” he says finally.
It’s all a Royal Guard, a true Royal Guard, will ever need.”
― Rae Carson, The King's Guard

“Reading can only take you so far, up to the moment where you must take action with your own hands”
― Rae Carson, The Shadow Cats

“If a sweet dumpling took human form, it would look just like Aunt Tildy, right down to the flour-dusting of her gray hair.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Do you want to get married someday?" he persists.


And never have anything of my own? "Lord, no. [...]”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“The gate that leads to life is narrow and small so that few find it.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns Complete Collection

“Her Skywalker legacy would go to Rey, Organa to Poe, and she would try one last time to pass her Solo legacy to her son.”
― Rae Carson, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

“My brother Felix used to say that my knives would never be as sharp as my tongue, which was a shame.”
― Rae Carson, The King's Guard

“I'm relieved to hear that your vanity has weathered this egregious trial unscathed."
"Thank y--Oh. Sarcasm again.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“His smile is like the sun rising huge and bright over the Siera Sangre.”
― Rae Carson

“Hiding in relative comfort, I remember to be terrified.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns

“I will need more than this, O God. If you love me as Aneaxi said, please send me something to go on. Something soon.”
― Rae Carson

“He had failed to kill the light within himself because it had been all around him all along. In Rey. His mother. Even…his father.”
― Rae Carson, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

“Do you realise what you've done?" he says.
"I believe I just succeeded in using magic to pass your gate," I say. "Doesn't that make me an animagus?”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“all the magic in the world is rubbish compared to good people who take care of their own.”
― Rae Carson, Like a River Glorious

“Well, we'll have no more of such foolishness," I say harshly, to cover the wavering in my voice. "We're getting married, and that's that.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“That is a lovely quilt, recruit," he says.
"Thank you, sir."
"It's the envy of every little girl in Brisadulce. I saw them sitting on the wall today, staring at that blanket and asking their mothers if they could join the Guard so they could have one just like it. Is that what you want, recruit? You want a Guard full of girls?"
"If they can fight well enough to defend the King, sir.”
― Rae Carson, The King's Guard

“It turns out that a girl with all the friends in the world is still lonely when she’s keeping secrets. My”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“They have no idea what's coming.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Widow Joyner is repacking a trunk with clean clothes when I return. She looks up as I approach, and her expectant smile instantly disappears. “What happened?” “The reverend and I had a theological disagreement that ended in a permanent schism.” “So . . . no congratulations are in order?”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Knowing something in her head was different from knowing it in her heart. Rey had understood on some level that she wasn't alone anymore, but now she knew it, and it was so wonderful it hurt. Tears filled her eyes. Loneliness was a kind of agony. But belonging was another.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition

“Even if they were trained fighters, they'd likely be as pathetic as the rest of Joya d'Arena's military."
"Our pathetic military defeated yours in a single battle," I snap, before remembering that Storm is probably goading me for personal amusement.
"No, my dear Queen, you did," he says. "You and your Godstone.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Storm chuckles. “Queen, chosen one, horse thief. Let it never be said that you are not accomplished.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Maybe a large, single dose of pain now is better than the slow, burning pain of withering hope.”
― Rae Carson, The Shattered Mountain

“But the ambition that cut into his being was the thought of reigning side by side with her. They were connected. They had defeated Snoke. Together they would be invincible.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“A plan will wait until we've camped for the night," I say.
From habit, I turn to look for Hector, seeking his quiet approval. I don't catch myself until it's too late, until I've lost him all over again.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“I scuff the toe of my boot through the dirt, uncovering pine needles and half-rotted leaves shed by the cottonwood looming over me. My dirt, I think. My land.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Make no mistake," Enrico says finally. "I never would have accepted your application were it not for the King's order. I expect you will be expelled within the month."
His forthrightness makes me bold. "I expect you will be surprised, my lord.”
― Rae Carson, The King's Guard