Ice Kingdom Quotes

“First of all, never call a mermaid a fish unless you’re trying to insult her”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“Now I understand that sometimes you cannot protect your loved ones, no matter how hard you try. Life and death happen, and it is out of our control.”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“You’d be surprised how often the stupid thing is the right thing”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“I took Lysi’s hand, deciding that as long as we had each other, we would be all right.”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“Did learning about the planets help you understand the universe?” I considered, thinking about our place on this blue dot hurtling through space among all those other planets and stars. I thought about how small we were in the middle of a war, and how small the war was in the context of space. Then I looked at Lysi swimming beside me, and I decided that as long as she was there, I didn’t care how miniscule we all were. “Yeah,” I said. “I guess it did.”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“I was raised to massacre—to act on hatred. But what had gotten us safely home from the Massacre? My feelings for Lysi had been the driving force, not my need for revenge”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom

“Through the endless pain, I thought of my parents and friends on Eriana Kwai, who had shown me love and compassion through the most difficult moments of my life. I thought of Lysi. I thought of the day we’d met, and the way our hands had lined up perfectly, like two halves of a broken stone. I remembered the shade of her eyes, the sound of her laugh, the smoothness of her skin, the purity of her heart, and the way I felt when it was the two of us together—like the world was perfect and peaceful.”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Kingdom