A Court of Thorns and Roses Quotes

“Let's rattle the stars.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength. And that the most unlikely person can alter the course of history.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“my future was mine to decide, to forge.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“But it had filled my time—given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less … alone.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“To the stars who listen,”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“blind. But you keep going.” He nodded to the mountains, the lake. “Because you know the destination will be worthwhile.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“And if he had grabbed me?” There was nothing but uncompromising will in his eyes. “Then I would have torn apart the world to get you back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“But I said, “Where are we going?” Rhys’s smile widened into a grin. “To Velaris—the City of Starlight.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“And, Feyre,” he added, his voice a caressing murmur, “I don’t like my belongings tampered with.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I waited for the blush, the shyness, to creep in. But I was beautiful. I was strong. I had survived—triumphed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“The face of dreams and nightmares.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“It had been love, and I’d meant it—the happiness, the lust, the peace … I’d felt all of those things. Once. I positioned my legs at twelve and five and lifted my hands up toward my face. But maybe those things had blinded me, too.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You look … ” His mouth cut a cruel line. “You look exactly like the doe-eyed damsel he and that simpering priestess want you to be.” “You don’t know anything about me. Or us.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Clever, that Fae warrior. Her bloodline is long gone now—though a trace still runs through some human line.” He smiled, perhaps a bit sadly. “No one remembers her name. But I do. She would have been my salvation, had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth.” I waited and waited and waited, picking apart the story he laid out like crumbs of bread. “She could not kill them in the end—they were too strong. They could only be contained.” The Carver wiped a hand through the circles he’d drawn, erasing them wholly. “I knew that long before she ever trapped them—took it upon myself to”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“We need hope as much as we need bread and meat,”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“She will never love freely and gift it to everyone who crosses her path. But the few she does care for … I think Nesta would shred the world apart for them. Shred herself apart for them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“the column of my spine, now inked from my base to my nape with four phases of the moon. And a small star in the middle of them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“His eyes held mine through the kiss, and when I broke away, his gaze went right to Cassian. Cassian bowed. “With my life, High Lord. I’ll protect her with my life.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Mate. Mate. Mate. Rhysand was my mate. Not lover, not husband, but more than that. A bond so deep, so permanent that it was honored over all others. Rare, cherished.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I felt and saw and smelled that bond between us, until our scents merged, and I was his and he was mine, and we were the beginning and middle and end. We were a song that had been sung from the very first ember of light in the world.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Because you’re my equal,” he said. “And as much as that means having each other’s backs in public, it also means that we grant each other the gift of honesty. Of truth.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You drove me mad.," he growled, and the sound trembled down my neck, along my breasts until they ached. "I searched for you and you weren't there. When I didn't find you," he said, bringing his face closer to mine, until we shared breathe, "it made me pick another."
I couldn't escape. I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted to.
"She asked me not to be gentle with her, either," he snarled, his teeth bright in the moonlight. He brought his lips to my ear. "I would have been gentle with you, though”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Series: All Four