The Tyrant's Daughter Quotes

“Perhaps I'll start calling myself The Invisible Queen. Sometimes just having a title helps.”
― J.C. Carleson, The Tyrant's Daughter

“Around the lunch table everyone seems to have given something up---dairy, meat, gluten, sugar, carbs. Only in a land of plenty could people voluntarily go without so much.”
― J.C. Carleson, The Tyrant's Daughter

“What kind of person doesn't know whether her father was a king or a monster?”
― J.C. Carleson, The Tyrant's Daughter

“I couldn’t bear the doubled weight of our combined question: What kind of person doesn’t know whether her father was a king or a monster?”
― J.C. Carleson, The Tyrant's Daughter

“He looks up at me with wide eyes. “The driver stopped for a squirrel!” His voice is full of awe. I cringe. I know exactly why this should matter to him—why he should find such a thing incredible. “Everything’s different here.” It’s the only thing I can think to say as I put my arm around his shoulders and hustle him toward home. Luckily my response seems to satisfy him, and he doesn’t mention it again.”
― J.C. Carleson, The Tyrant's Daughter