Rise of Princes Quotes

“I could not burn your mortality from your body, so live before your days are gone and regret fills your heart.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“You must speak to her heart, then. But first, you must open yours, then hers will follow.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Understand, I did not conquer my wife. I won her over. There is a difference.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“He must lay siege against Briseis' walls and conquer her. Love would be his sword and he would break all her chains.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Briseis blinked, shaking her head in disbelief. 'You have taken everything from me. My husband. My brothers. My father. You have given me no word of my mother. There is nowhere else for me to go.'
'I expect too much,' he stated.
'Their faces fade from my memory,' Briseis said, quietly. 'Without them, I have nothing.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Hektor was the wall around her world that kept life's perils at bay.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“She must be strong enough to hold the memory of her husband, to sing his song in her heart until she joined him in the Underworld.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Precious are the last moments when you do not know they are the last.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Helen looked up at Paris, her face wet with tears and blotchy with grief, and nodded her consent. 'Together we are chained on rocks before the beast of Poseidon. Naked and bare and helpless.'
'But we are more fortunate.'
'How so?' Helen asked.
'We have each other as comfort in our misery.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“I would not trade one day of our life for all the gold in the citadel.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“If you truly hope to win her over, be as honest with yourself as with her.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Thetis knew this woman had conquered the unconquerable, without knowing she had done so.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“You are the fire that burns within my heart. There is room for no other. When I die, it will be your Name upon my lips.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Life is to be tended like these trees and those vines.' He pointed across the field to the vineyard hanging with ripened fruit. 'Be mindful of the words and deeds you plant, for they will root and grow whatever you intend. It can be a blessing or a curse. And prune away the dead and sick from your life, making way for new.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Fate always found its mark, one way or another.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Do all in Troy despise me?'
'That is a strong word, my sweet.'
The young Queen of Sparta pulled away from her lover's arms. 'It is true then. I have exchanged one prison for another.'
Paris gently brushed her cheek with his hand. 'If that is true, we are the most fortunate of prisoners. For we have each other and our love.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes

“Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.”
― Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes