The Lily and the Crown Quotes

“Well, then, she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for."

This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—"

"Except for one thing," Mir said."

Ari froze.

"Don't ask me to let you do," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“I really can't seem to do without you. Do you know what it was like? Realizing that? Wanting you sexually— that I can certainly accept. If others could see you as I have seen you...everyone would want you. Everyone.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“Ari set her jaw. Rock was strong. But given enough time, vegetation could overtake it, cover it up, even take root in the crevices and cracks. Let Mír be the rock; Ari was content to remain a tree.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“I’ll try to be less boring,” she blurted.

Assistant looked stunned again. Well, she often looked stunned around Ari, so that was nothing new. But then she actually chuckled. “In order to be boring,” she said, “you must first stop surprising me. You haven’t done that yet.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“Well, then," she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for."

This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—"

"Except for one thing," Mir said.

Ari froze.

"Don't ask me to let you go," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown