The Mirror King Quotes

“Reasons we should get married:
Because I love you.
We both look good in black boots.
I spent some time without you, and I didn’t like it.
You make me happy.
I make you laugh.
I like the way you fight.
You see through my masks.
I really love you.
You love me, too. (Though you’ve mostly said this while yelling, so perhaps I should have double-checked.)
Army of tiny vigilantes. (I have name ideas.)
Various political reasons that make sense but don’t fit with the theme of this list.
I’m holding your handwriting hostage. You can have it back when you say yes.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“No matter the masks we wear, we always end up together.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Mirrors are both truth-speakers and liars.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Sometimes we hate others for the things we hate in ourselves”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“There's this truth about mirrors. It's inescapable. But they can lie, too. They can distort the truth, even hide the truth. They create illusion.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“I'm not trying to rescue you, but I am trying to help you succeed. There's a difference.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Do you know how hard it is to climb over a roof while wearing a gown?"
A sly smile welled up in the corner of his mouth. "None of the court ladies will loan me a gown to try.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“The best mask is a face no one will remember”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“You don’t know what I am, anymore. You cannot fathom what I’ve endured. Don’t imagine you’ve tamed me.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“The prince's blood was on my hands.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“He smiles now, in spite of everything." She hesitated and dropped her voice. "He smiles at you.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Maybe my descendants will make better choices where I failed."

"Your descendants? Are you planning on having a lot of descendants?"

"One day I'd like a whole army of tiny vigilantes."

"A worthy goal.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Imagine what could happen if we stopped fighting each other and started fighting our enemies. You and me together.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“I don't flee. I evade.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Not even the strongest could defend against everything. Not forever.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“It isn't easy to trust or be close to someone when the person I love won't even follow his own heart.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“This was love without masks”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Fear doesn't excuse a hundred years of oppression and abuse.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Would dream-me threaten to split you from stomach to sternum only a day after healing you from a similar injury?"
He gave a soft snort. "Yes. Absolutely.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“I do trust you." I bumped my elbow against his, a pathetic attempt at levity, but he caught me, turned me, and held me in place. We stood dangerously close. "It's myself I don't always trust," I whispered.

"That's strange." He released my arm and took a step backward. "I trust you, but I don't always trust myself.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Now the words are on paper and I can't take them back. Sometimes I hate ink. Its so permanent.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“It is human nature to avoid what makes us uncomfortable.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Sometimes we hate others for the things we hate in ourselves.” He”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Don't be silly. You're not Black Knife. Everyone knows Princess Wilhelmina is that awful vigilante.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Mirrors are both truth-speakers and liars: a contradiction made of glass and shiny backing.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“If you think that trusting someone—allowing them to help you by performing their own duties honorably—somehow makes you less, then it might be time to reexamine yourself. Start asking why you need to do everything. How can you really be close to someone if you never let them in?” “Forgive”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“I hugged both of them. Melanie for the friends we'd lost. And James for the hope he still carried.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Yours is the face that matters most. So yours is the one I wear. My unconscious reflection of you.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“Recognize this now,” I wanted to say. “Recognize that I love you and when you do this, there’s a part of me that will never recover.”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King

“There’s this truth about mirrors. It’s inescapable. But they can lie, too. They can distort the truth, even hide the truth. They create illusion.” Like”
― Jodi Meadows, The Mirror King