Elise Seanor > Elise's Quotes

“His eyes, when they meet hers, are like the storm. Perhaps he is not a boy at all, but some elemental thing, made by the crashing water and the endless thunder.”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

“No one really wishes to be a queen.”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

“Every gift is light and dark.”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

“I want revenge." She whispers, and her fingers trail bloody streaks down Natalia's arms.
"And then I want my crown.”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

“Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer

“Their lives were violent, precarious, fragile, but they fought for them anyway, and held to the hope that their brief stay on this earth might count for something. That faith was worth preserving.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer

“You thirst for magic so you can exact revenge. You want to destroy, to tear down. I see it in your eyes."
"And what's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, my dear, as long as you don't mind living in a broken world.”
― Megan Shepherd, Grim Lovelies

“I can't stop midnight.”
― Megan Shepherd, Grim Lovelies

“The cloth overlay of Billy’s cart clucks, and a brown chicken pokes her head out from under the covering, stepping out of the basket she was riding in.

“There is a chicken in your cart.”

“I know,” Billy snaps, and slaps his napkin across his lap.

“Why is there a chicken in your cart?”

“Because this was supposed to be chicken stew,” he says. “I’ve been hand-feeding this bird for days to be sure it was not poisoned before the fact. And now . . .” He pours Mirabella some water and drinks from her cup. The hen clucks, and Billy tosses down a chunk of bread.

“Now her name is Harriet,” he says quietly.

Mirabella laughs.”
― Kendare Blake, One Dark Throne

“Perhaps that is how all men love. More with their eyes than with their hearts.”
― Kendare Blake, One Dark Throne

“Mirabella’s eyes fill with tears, and Billy quickly wipes his mouth. He scoops strawberry tart onto his fork and holds it out.

“Here,” he says. “You must try this.” As she takes the bite, he uses his thumb to discreetly wipe the tear that falls down her cheek.

“I’m sorry,” he says softly. “I suppose I haven’t even tried to consider your point of view. It was thoughtless of me.”

“It is all right,” Mirabella says. “Does she know that you love her?”

Billy raises his eyebrows.

“Why would she when I didn’t? It wasn’t like I read in books. A thunderclap. Eyes meeting. Tortured glances. With Arsinoe it was more like . . . having cold water poured down your back and learning to enjoy it.”

“And does she love you?”

“I don’t know. I think she might.” He smiles. “I hope she does.”

“I hope so too.” Another tear slides down her cheek, and Billy darts forward to discreetly hide it.

“It is all right,” she says. “They will think I am only crying because of how terrible this strawberry tart is.”

Billy sets down his fork, insulted. Then they both begin to laugh.”
― Kendare Blake, One Dark Throne

“Change can be quick, or it can be slow. But the movement should always be forward”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“I feel as if I could touch the sky. Run my jeweled claws across the clouds and make the sky bleed red starlight.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Not all crowns are worn where people can see.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Existence is the gift. Life is a choice.”
― Roshani Chokshi, A Crown of Wishes

“Nightmares are part of sleeping.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“It is not failure to fail.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Sometimes light illuminates things that are better left in the dark.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Memories are the grandest illusion of all.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Your love cannot change a man – or a god. All it can do is open a door, create a new path for him to choose. One that has not been open to him before. That is what the power of your loved can offer him – all of that, and no more.”
― Robin LaFevers, Courting Darkness

“But that was the nature of life and loss: There was never enough time.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Crown of Feathers

“Where there is will, there is possibility.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Crown of Feathers

“Maybe fear of fire wasn't the problem, maybe fear of his father was.”
― Nicki Pau-Preto, Crown of Feathers

“Vegr yfir fjor.” Honor above life.”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“I wept. A dark, scared cry rising up out of me. He held me together, keeping the pieces from falling down around us. And I cried until I couldn't feel. I cried until I couldn't think.
The moon rose up over my broken home and I broke with it.”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“My father’s rasping whistle caught my ears from down the line and I searched the dirt-smeared faces until I found a pair of bright blue eyes fixed on me. His gray-streaked beard hung braided down his chest behind the axe clutched in his huge fist. He tipped his chin up at me and I whistled back—our way of telling each other to be careful. To try not to die.”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“I'm with you until the end of the line.”
― Marvel Comics

“You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
― L. Ron Hubbard