Phoenix Unbound Quotes

“Wife of my soul,” he said, and this time his voice didn’t shake but held all the command of the Savatar ataman who had led an army against the Empire and won. “Look at me.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“He bent to kiss her right eyelid, then her left, the salt of her tears stinging his lips. “I’m a greedy man. I want all of you, heart, soul, and body. You already have all that I am. It seems only fair.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Not all shackles were fashioned of iron.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“I’ve always believed that talking to the dead is sometimes easier than talking to the living.” She shrugged at his questioning look. “They listen better.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Stay with me, Gilene,” he whispered in her ear. “I can’t,” she murmured, still half-asleep. “I will conquer all of the Empire to bring you back.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“I’m a greedy man. I want all of you, heart, soul, and body. You already have all that I am. It seems only fair.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Home is among those who love you.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“She spared him a glance from the corner of her eye. “Surely, you can't see the stars that way.”

It didn't matter to him. She was prettier than the stars and gleamed more brightly, in his opinion.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“And as you well know, sometimes a thing kept secret has power.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“It became my duty once the witch before me became too crippled to attend the Rites. Sometimes you do the thing you hate so others don’t have to, whether it’s from love, guilt, or blackmail.” She paused to level a condemning stare on him. “No other woman in Beroe is safe from fire. It would be wrong and cowardly of me to let them burn when I can go in their place and survive. It doesn’t mean I have to like it just because I’m willing to accept it.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Azarion’s assurances of his disinterest in her were both a comfort and, in an odd way, an insult.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“She sat down on her side of the blankets and pulled off her borrowed slippers, wondering whether anyone would question things if Valdan was found dead of suffocation the next morning.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“His lips tilted in a faint smile. “Agacin,” he said reverently. “I know you.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“She watched the sunlight creep up the blankets, a relentless timekeeper that showed no mercy to those who tried to capture moments and hold them still.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Be my wife,” he argued. “Treasured and beloved.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Azarion contemplated his new cellmate, seeing what the guards didn't— an unsteady shimmer surrounding her, like rain spilling over the surface of a polished shield. It blurred and wavered, finally fading under his continued scrutiny until her true self was unmasked.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“There is vengeance, and there is justice,” she said, repeating Gilene’s words. “This is both.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“Patience rules fire. Not strength, not speed, and definitely not impulse.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound

“I’ve always believed that talking to the dead is sometimes easier than talking to the living.” She shrugged as his questioning look. “They listen better.”
― Grace Draven, Phoenix Unbound