The Caged Queen Quotes

“You think love is as fragile as that? Like a stalk of wheat, easily broken in a storm? That’s not what love is. Real love is the strongest kind of steel. It’s blade that can be melted down, its form changed with every bang of the hammer, but to break it is a task no one is capable of. Not even Death.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“What are souls, but stars waiting to be born?”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“Like a sailor who needs the heavens to find his way home, you were my own star, burning in the night. Helping me find my way.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“His voice was like a fire, driving out the cold. Bringing her home.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“If she and her sister were two books in their father's study, Essie would be the one lying open on the desk, enticing you to read it. Roa would be the one stuffed between a dozen others, high up on the shelf.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“The two sisters didn't come wailing. They came quietly, holding on to each other. As if they needed no one's comfort but the other's. As if, as long as they were together, there was nothing to be afraid of.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“And then, in spite of everything, Torwin grinned at her. It was so reckless, so brave, that Roa couldn’t help but borrow strength from it.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“I didn’t expect Death to be quite so beautiful.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“Though you may be frightened, let go.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“Als hij slim genoeg is om zijn eigen raad te bespioneren, is hij veel gevaarlijker dan ik dacht. - Roa, over Dax”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“En ten derde,' vervolgde Dax, die niet eens de moeite nam zijn stem te verheffen, 'zal de wet tegen koningsmoord afgeschaft worden.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“Haar zus had gezegd dat het een jaar zou kosten om een leger te verzamelen, een tiran ten val te brengen en met een koning te trouwen.
Roa had het in drie maanden voor elkaar gekregen.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen

“The stories Essie most loved were ones about the Skyweaver, a goddess who spun souls into stars and wove them into the sky.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen