A Court Bright and Broken Quotes

“You, Raewyn, are the most exquisitely beautiful woman I have ever seen. I am utterly obsessed with you.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“If you’d been the one downstairs ‘cavorting’ with other men, and I’d been the one up here alone, I’d be jealous. I’ve already spent far too much time thinking about the men back in your village who might be courting you.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“I lost faith in the gods long ago,” he said. “But seeing you again has restored it. I don’t know how else to explain you being here like this.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“Then I turned the page, and my breath whooshed out in shock. It was a drawing of me, wearing the dress I’d worn to the Rough Market. Flipping through several more pages I saw more drawings of me. Many more. I looked up at Stellon, who was biting his lip again. “You didn’t do these at the market,” I said. “You must have sketched them later. How did you draw them without a model to look at?” He hesitated, looked away toward the window, then let his gaze return to me. His expression was etched with uncertainty. “I did them when I got home. I’d never drawn from memory before—didn’t even know that I could. But I remembered your appearance so well… every detail.” My heart began thumping so loudly I worried he’d hear it. He apparently didn’t notice because he continued. “I didn’t want to lose those details to time. I found you so… beautiful… and I wanted something to look back on. To remember.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“I’d never met anyone like you,” he said softly. “So kind. So good. And I still have never seen a more beautiful woman.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“Why would you do that? Why send your soldiers to find it?” His expression changed, looking almost shy. “Because it was precious to you.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“Though I’m sure you find me madly attractive, we don’t know each other nearly well enough for you to propose. Perhaps tomorrow,” he joked.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“There were four of them, and they were murdering you.” “Why would you even care?” he asked. “Well of course I cared,” I said. “Any decent person would care if they saw a man being murdered in the street. Besides, I suspect the reason they attacked you was because you intervened and protected me earlier. What kind of a coward would I be if I just turned a blind eye when you were the one in trouble?”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken

“If you are still standing here by the time I count to three…” She lowered the torch and pointed it at the scarred leader. “...you will be the first to burn.”
― Amy Patrick, A Court Bright and Broken