Rae Carson > Quotes

“He is never far, and every time I glance in his direction, I see huge brown eyes lingering on me, bright with feeling. He is aware of me in a way Alejandro never was, and it gives me a little thrill each time I notice him noticing me.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns

“They’re still warm, and I burrow into my pillows, catching the faint scent of rosewater. Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world.”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“We'll carry you for a bit. It's our turn.”
― Rae Carson, The Shattered Mountain

“Today is the day of my wedding. It is also my sixteenth birthday.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns

“The Missouri men are snakes,” I whisper to Jeff. “The lot of them.”

“Men are men,” he says with a shrug. “It’s men thinking other men are snakes that’s the problem.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Truly, my bed is the greatest place in the world. I”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“I should have let you bust Frank Dilley’s nose,” I say.

“That would have made things worse,” he says.

“But it would have been a pleasure to watch.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“I wake to sunshine flashing on puddled water, to dirty clumps of hail melting in the shadowed lees of boulders, to rock wrens singing like it's the best day of their lives.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“When you get intense, you spark. And you have the kind of hair any man would want to get tangled in.”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“Can’t trust a man with only half his teeth,” the gentleman agrees. They”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Fernando de Ismelda," Enrico says. "You won the kingdom's archery competition. I gather it was quite a surprise to everyone."
"Not to me," the boy says.
I decide that I like Fernando de Ismelda.”
― Rae Carson, The King's Guard

“I lie awake a long time, wondering which would be more foolish, to prepare for something that may never happen, or not to prepare for something that might.”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“Fernando, my best archer, stands on the rear platform, bow slung over his shoulder. He bows from the waist, his face grave. Four horses flick their tails and dance in their jeweled traces. I eye them warily while Hector helps me up.

Then he offers a hand to Ximena, and in spite of their recent disagreement, a look of fierce understanding passes between them. They are a formidable team, my guard and my guardian. Sometimes it’s as though they plot my safety behind my back.”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“I just hope His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name, will do as you say and give this land to its people.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns

“Becky will be so disappointed in us.”

“Becky lives to be disappointed in people. If we get out of her way, she’ll expand her horizons. She’ll find all sorts of new people to be disappointed in.”
― Rae Carson, Into the Bright Unknown

“She throws her arms around me and gives me such a hug. Not like Mama. I was my mama's little girl, and she always held me gently, like I was precious and fragile. Lucie's hug is fierce, as if I can't be broken, and I hug her back just as tight.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“stranger in the crowd could spear me too easily.” Ximena takes advantage”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“Yes, our love is a mutual thing, a thing between equals, but we can't escape the fact that I am his queen. It is up to me whether or not we see each other this night. I must decide.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“Without breaking his gaze, I whisper, "Yes I love him. Enough to follow him anywhere.”
― Rae Carson

“Softly he says, “My life has ever been yours, Elisa.” My”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“He peers closer, his hand dropping away. “What happened to your hair?”

“I cut it.”

“Why on earth would . . . Oh.”

“I’d appreciate it if you kept my secret.”

He frowns. “I don’t see how anyone with half a mind would mistake you for a boy.”

“It’s worked so far. I’m strong and I work hard and I ride well.”

“Also, you can spit farther than any boy I know.”

“And shoot straighter!”

He nods solemnly. “And opine louder.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“He needed to stop showing up to a gunfight armed with nothing but charm and luck.”
― Rae Carson, Most Wanted

“Han was in space. He could hardly believe it. He’d always thought it would be dark and black. Instead it was as bright as day, and he could see everything from the hull of the shuttle to Qi’ra’s face to Corellia’s nearest moon in bright relief and perfect detail. The planet grew distant, becoming a tiny shining dot. Unlike the planet, the sun Corell didn’t seem any smaller from here, just whiter. Maybe brighter. Space, it turned out, was huge. A man could have a lot of room all to himself out here.”
― Rae Carson, Most Wanted

“At last the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. They day of victory is at hand. The day of revenge. The day of the Sith.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“I slip my canteen strap over my head, open the lid, and take a drink. Then I hand it to Hampton. A peace offering. “It’s not communionif there’s no wine.”

Hampton tips it to his lips and swallows long and hard. He wipes his mouth when he’s done. “Well, darn. The Savior got confused and turned this wine into water.”

“The Lord works in mysterious ways,” Henry says, taking the canteen fromHampton”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Turns out, the great wide world doesn't look anything like a flat little map.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“Okay, mostly rations. Her Resistance friends were always complaining about the food, saying it was tasteless and unsatisfying, but Rey had no idea what they were talking about. She’d never eaten so well in her life, or so often. She always kept a few nutrient packs stuffed under her cot, though. Just in case.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“That’s our chance,” said Lando. He’d changed his Aki-Aki garb for bright clothing and a knee-length cape. Poe really liked his cape. He’d have to ask about it when all this was over.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“He had a way of believing in people long before they believed in themselves, didn’t he?”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers

“I am Queen of Joya d'Arena and bearer of a living Godstone. I kneel to no one. - Elisa”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom