Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

by Sarah J. Maas

Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

“Don’t you ever do anything other than read?” said Chaol.

This sentence is why eveyone hates Chaol

I am Celaena Sardothien. I am going to win. I will not be afraid.

Nothing is a coincidence. Everything has a purpose. You were meant to come to this castle, just as you were meant to be an assassin, to learn the skills necessary for survival.”

“Courage of the heart is very rare,” she said with sudden calm. “Let it guide you.”