Court of Nightfall Quotes

“Remember, little Star, it's easy to fight, but much harder to know when. When to fight. When to win." His voice lowered. "When to lose.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“My heart races in my chest, knocking against my ribs as if it can escape this fool body and find someone with better self-preservation instincts.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“He stares into my eyes. "I can't lose you." I shake my head and pull away. "I was never yours to lose, Jax." I turn to walk away, but stop for a moment, speaking into the wind. "The only ones we can lose are ourselves. We can lose the dream we once had, but we can still remember. Remember, Jaxton Lux. Remember who you are."   ***”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“Since when did anyone eat marshmallows for their nutritional content?”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I'm not important. I'm supposed to be here. Disregard my presence.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“There's a sick pleasure in watching something beautiful burn. That's the illness in human nature, that we revel in destruction.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“We live in a world that hardens people," I remind him. "We are like callused feet. If we walked through life with smooth skin, we'd tear apart our flesh. We need the hardness to survive.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“To me, knowledge was power, and I wondered, if that was why adults kept it from children, why patricians kept it from plebeians. Those with knowledge controlled those without, and I would not be controlled. If you were to ask me what I think now, I would tell you this: I still think knowledge is power, but I no longer think that power is always good. When”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I have always been a creature of knowledge. When the other children drew flowers in the sand, I drew plans for war. When they stared at clouds and gave them names, I studied the wind and predicted the weather. When they did as their parents asked because their parents said they knew best, I asked my parents why and how, and they did their best to explain—though even they said there were things a child should not hear. I did not understand why they said it. To”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“There's a sick pleasure in watching something beautiful burn. That's the illness in human nature, that we revel in destruction. Jax”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I'm a child, so people assume I know little of such things. But when you are young and free and happy, pain stands out all the more.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I know it's hard. I'm so sorry." I can't. I can't reveal this part of myself, even to her. The risks are too great, to both of us. She”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I try to imagine myself without grief, without anger, but I cannot. "What remains?" "Hope," she says, smiling. "Hope remains.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I found it instantly fascinating, of course, this dichotomy of humans who in one breath demonize and dehumanize an entire segment of the population who are not as they, while in the other breath coveting them and what they can do.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“Give a fool a sliver of power and he will make himself a king. But he is still just a fool. They”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“shocked looked on the faces”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I was warned this would happen, but I still feel like a caught.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“There is war. You can hear it in the sobs of a mother weeping for her daughter. You can taste it in the rationed food and smell it on your tattered clothes. You can see it in the empty houses and roads and faces. You can feel it inside.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“I study his chiseled face, his grey-blue eyes and perfect body, and choke back a sarcastic retort about how well he does not fit in.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall

“We are of one blood, you and I. By saving each other we have become a part of each other. Your blood calls to mine as mine does to yours. This symbol focuses that energy.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Court of Nightfall