Third Daughter Quotes

“Her unbound dark hair flapped behind her, and the cool night breeze fluttered her black silk nightclothes against her skin like a thousand butterfly wings. It was the feeling of freedom breathing against her,”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Third Daughter

“Being Third Daughter of the Queen means Aniri is free to love her fencing instructor—until a marriage proposal from a barbarian prince forces her to choose between preventing a war and breaking her heart.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Third Daughter

“For once, Aniri wished the Queen would simply be her mother. To think of her daughter first, before the country. But that would never happen, and it was foolish to wish for it. As foolish as falling in love with a courtesan.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Third Daughter

“But the day was coming: she could almost taste its nearness like the mouth-watering scent of a long-hungered meal just outside of reach.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Third Daughter