The Demon King Quotes

“Well, I believe she went in to rescue some Raggers from the pits,” Cuffs said. “She wasn’t all that specific.”
“She went in to rescue — why would she do that?” Amon gripped the ironwork, studying the streetlord’s face. Was he lying? And if so, what was the purpose?
“Guess she’s kind of taken with us,” Cuffs said. “You know, the glamor of the gang life and all. Getting beat up every other day, arrested for crimes you didn’t commit, long nights in gaol, sleeping in the cold and wet. It’s...seductive.” He raised an eyebrow.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“History,' Mari muttered, as if she'd overheard his thoughts. 'Why do we need to know what happened before we were born?'

'So hopefully we get smarter and don't make the same mistakes again.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Raisa felt relieved, yet oddly disappointed. She was the blooded princess heir, yet in servants' clothes she was apparently unrecognizable. In the stories, rulers had a natural presence about them that identified them as such, even dressed in rags.
What's the nature of royalty, she wondered. Is it like a gown you put on that disappears when you take it off? Does anyone look beyond the finery? Could anyone in the queendom take her place, given the right accessories? If so, it was contrary to everything she'd ever been taught about bloodlines.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“I need to go to parties, Raisa mused, so I don't think so much.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“There's too much to learn in a lifetime.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Don't ask for the truth, boy, unless you're ready to hear it.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“I do try to get my own way, but I think it's because I'll never get my way on anything that matters”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“From day to day he slid out of one skin and pulled on another. No wonder it was hard to sort out who he was.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“_You're not a thief. Not anymore._ If he said it often enough, it might stick.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Truth be told, Raisa had no intention of marrying anyone any time soon. Her mother was young—she would rule for many years yet, so there was no need to rush into the confinement of marriage.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“...she'd learned not to ask every question that cane to mind, knowing some things would be understood in their own time”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“You can't assume that because you have plenty to eat that everyone does.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Nah," Han said, falling into his old habit of making a bad situation worse.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“I'm not going to let you hit me anymore," Han said quietly. "I've already had one beating today. That's enough.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“What is it about you? People can't stop talking about you. Telling stories. It's all I hear about. Cuffs Alister this, Cuffs Alister that. It's like you're golden."

Han was speechless. Golden? He'd just faked his own death and was sneaking out of town with the Guard on his heels.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“We may be poor, but at least we've always been honest."

Something broke inside Han, and when he opened his mouth the words came spilling out. "We're ”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“pastry”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“The Nǽming was the agreement between the clans and the Wizard Council that had ended the Breaking—the magical calamity that had nearly destroyed the world.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Take charge of the horse you're riding before you try to rein in someone else's, Elena Demonai always said. And make sure you have a good seat before you do.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“Sometimes it seemed to Raisa that life at court was designed to keep a person from thinking too much about anything in particular.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“The queen of the Fells is both the most powerful and the least free person in the entire queendom.She is a slave to duty once she comes of age.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“I'm thinking that there are other reasons not to murder people beyond the fact that there's no ”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“We train in strategy, geography, horsemanship, weaponry, that sort of thing. We study great battles in history and analyze the outcome. The”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King

“-Esas botas están hechas por artesanos del clan- diría su madre-. ¿Sabes lo que cuestan?¿Piensas que me sobra el dinero?
El que no hubiera tenido que pagarlas carecía de importancia.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Demon King