Roshar Quotes

“Go away, little ghost. Go haunt someone else.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“The reason you enjoy my company is because I look like how you feel.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“He'll behave. He has a mien and manners of a prince."
"Oh, like you?"
"I resent your tone."
"I'm not sure you can control him."
"Has he ever aught but the gentlest of creatures? Would you deny your namesake the chance to bear witness to our victorious celebration? And, of course, to the vision of you and Kestrel: side by side, Herrani and Valorian, a love for the ages. The stuff of songs, Arin! How you'll get married, and make babies --"
"Gods, Roshar, shut up.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“No, Arin. Sit down. Other wise you'll make an ass out of yourself, and that role is mine.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“Now I'm getting sad, just thinking about how it would feel to be parted from my sweet self. Lucky me: I will always have my own company.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“You talk about her as if she's made of spun glass. Know what I see? Steel.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“People of the hundred," he said, using an ancient Herrani phrase Arin was surprised he knew, "who leads you?"
So many cried Arin's name that it no longer sounded like his name.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“When I look at you as if you're crazy it's not that I judge you for your insanity.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“You could offer her a seat,' Arin said.
'Ah, but I only have two chairs in my tent, little Herrani, and we are three. I suppose she could always sit on your lap.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“The general's daughter? We'd be fools not to. You talk about her as if she's made of spun glass. Know what I see? Steel.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“Sudden distrust slicked down Arin's spine.
Roshar raised his hand to quiet the roaring crowd, and Arin was reminded of Cheat relishing his role as an auctioneer. A stone rose in his throat. Kestrel's hand tightened on his, but Arin no longer felt wholly there.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss