Rites of the Starling Quotes

“I love you.”
“Yes, you do. Don’t forget.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“You told me to find a warrior. You meant her.” “No”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“To the bottom of the ravine, my heart.” He framed my face with his hands. “To the ends of the realm.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Be bold, my Sparrow. Be brave.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Mae looked at me like I’d sprouted wings.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Well”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“He makes me better. Stronger. Braver. Happier. He doesn’t ask me to blend into the walls or change the color of my hair. He sees me for me.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“My eyes popped open as the vision jolted me from sleep. It was the first time I’d had a vision of the silver-eyed warrior besides the one of Emery’s death. Who was the brown-haired woman? Would she lead me to him?”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“He hooked a finger under my chin”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“she is off her horse and walking through the sand, shedding her weapons and armor piece by piece. By the time she sheds the last of her uniform, a heavy breastplate laced at her ribs,”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“I don’t know. I’d like to read for a while.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Her body is covered in gray leather and metal armor, the silver pieces reflecting the afternoon sun. Her braided hair is as pale as the clouds. Her cheek is inked with a row of four-pointed stars, their thin black points as sharp as needles. They stretch from the side of her nose, beneath her eye, to the largest that covers her temple. She is surrounded by sand and dunes. Her eyes are lined with kohl and are as bright as flames as she searches the sky.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Her body is covered in gray leather and metal armor, the silver pieces reflecting the afternoon sun. Her braided hair is as pale as the clouds. Her cheek is inked with a row of four-pointed stars, their thin black points as sharp as needles. They stretch from the side of her nose, beneath her eye, to the largest that covers her temple. She is surrounded by sand and dunes.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“But remember”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“It collapsed,” I continued. “And when the man approached”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Of all the women in the realm…” “This one will always find you. Here, or in the shades.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Was that a compliment? In the training ring? I thought praise was for the bedroom.” He chuckled”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Good will always battle evil. Light will always fight the dark. In those moments, you'll learn who you truly are. Continue.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Why does your magic hurt?” “Because you are Starling. You are not meant to be here.” “But I’m not Starling. Not yet.” “Yet you feel it.” I nodded and pressed a hand over my heart and the thrum within.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Why have the Six cursed us with these monsters? Why do they hate us?” “Because they are petty gods,” he said. “Because only humans have the power to make the gods insignificant.” Sparrow stared at her father”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“That was good.” “Was that a compliment? In the training ring? I thought praise was for the bedroom.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“He was alive. “You found me.” “I found you,” he breathed”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Because you’re my queen.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Andreas pressed a finger to my lips. “You said the women in your family have a tradition. A rite. You leave home to discover the person you’re meant to be. Well”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“I was the princess they’d already forgotten. It hurt more than it should.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“but there were fates worse than death.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“everything.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“He is incredible. Did I tell you that his cock is pierced along the shaft? Divine”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Never a doubt. Never a hesitation. I didn’t deserve this man.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“Those monsters were infected with Lyssa. It had spread to Ozarth. After everything Ransom’s rangers had done to keep the infection from moving past Turah’s borders”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling