The Lion and the Crow Quotes

“I’m not a serpent, Father. I’m a crow.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Christian sighed. “The lesson is thus: man makes God’s law and shapes it to suit his purpose. I believe there is a God, but what he thinks of my desires, or those of any man, no one can tell. I am done listening to priests on the matter.”


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― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“But Christian… he was unique, a rose blooming in a frozen tundra.

Had Christian been a woman, he might have married a king. As a man, he could have any woman’s bed, or all of them.

He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Had Christian been a woman, he might have married a king. As a man, he could have any woman’s bed—or all of them. He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars. William”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Were you in Hell itself, Christian. I would always come for you.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“William looked at the mushrooms warily. “You know your way around these things, do you?” “I do. An archer knows all the poisons in the woods. They’re useful for tipping arrows. These are perfectly harmless.” He popped one in his mouth, chewed, and swallowed. “If I’m not dead by the time the bird is cooked, you will know I speak true. Now for dessert….” He took another cloth from inside his shirt and opened it. “Blackberries.” They”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Watching him climb, William’s perception shifted again with a bone-rattling jolt. Christian was not soft, he realized. There was nothing of the coddled child in him. He was hard and tough as sinew. Refined? Refined as a purebred stallion, perhaps, or an elemental sprite. But not weak, no. He was a powerful and strong man. For”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Fissò incantato la forma della schiena di Christian: le spalle ampie rispetto alla corporatura sottile, il torso che si stringeva nella tenera carne dei fianchi, le fossette alla base della schiena, poi le curve morbide delle natiche...”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“«Sei venuto per me.»
William lo strinse forte, tanto da ferirgli la pelle con l'armatura, ma a Christian non importava.
«Se anche tu fossi all'inferno, Christian, io verrei sempre, per te.»”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“ 'And it means naught to you to obey your father's orders? Where is your fealty?'

Christian felt his face flush with a surge of bitter rage. 'I keep faith with those who have kept faith with me.'

William shook his head in disbelief. 'God save me from ever having sons like you.'

'I would wish it on no man,' Christian said sincerely.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Love is a powerful force in the world. It elevates everything around you, just as a candle’s flame illuminates and changes what’s within its circle. The reward is the feeling itself.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Christian sighed. “The lesson is thus: man makes God’s law and shapes it to suit his purpose. I believe there is a God, but what he thinks of my desires, or those of any man, no one can tell. I’m done listening to priests on the matter.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Now that William had taken the step he’d fought all his life, there was no undoing it, and he would not waste time on regret.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“The vulnerability without the strength would have been mawkish. And the strength without the flashes of sweetness would not have appealed.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Sometimes, William, what the world asks of us is wrong. And when it is that wrong, there is no honor in obeying it.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“A rumor began, possibly started by a certain dark-haired archer, that William had tragically lost his true love and had vowed to live with a broken heart.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Were you in Hell itself, Christian, I would always come for you.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“For Lady Elaine, from her brother, Sir William,”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“By the Virgin, it was the longest, most torturous week of his life! William would much rather roar into battle and take on an army than wait, helpless. The Lion ached to feel blood on his claws. He was thirsty for it. It”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Somehow they ended up side by side again, Christian on his back breathing hard. “You are…,” William began, his voice still a bit wobbly. Christian waited. “That was…,” William tried again. Christian smiled up at the stars. “I won that round?” he suggested. “By my sword, you win them all.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“I’m not climbing that bedamned tree to get you!” William insisted. Christian snorted. “As if you could.” William dropped his sword and climbed the damned tree. A”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Looking away did not help. He was never less than half-hard, and the woods along their route had seen enough of his covertly spilled seed to establish a forest of Brandons, could babes grow as trees did.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“Era, in breve, tutto ciò che un cavaliere avrebbe dovuto essere: nobile, potente e sincero.
Christian non aveva mai conosciuto un suo pari. Il desiderio si accese dentro di lui, una sensazione temuta, calda, inebriante e sgradita, che lui non desiderava e che lo mordeva come una serpe in seno.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“To all those who struggle for human rights for LGTB people”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“I love you, William. I know I cannot ask you to be something you detest, no matter how much I want to be with you. But I love you.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow

“His love, his heart, Sir Christian Brandon.”
― Eli Easton, The Lion and the Crow